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Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger flown to world altitude record of 76,828 feet for ground-launched planes, piloted by Cdr. George O. Watkins, at Edwards AFB .

USAF Thor-Able missile was launched from Cape Canaveral in a reentry test ; flew short of its goal and the nose cone was not recovered. The nose cone carried a mouse as a biomedical experiment.

Navy rocket sled attained speed of 2,827.5 mph at China Lake, Calif.

Pravda reported on Soviet satellite findings that Laika's heartbeat had taken three times as long as expected to return to normal. Weightlessness affecting the nerve centers was suggested as the cause. The Soviet report disclosed that the density and temperature of the atmosphere at a given altitude were not uniform, and that cosmic ray intensity was 40 percent greater at 400 miles than at 135 ...

Vanguard (TV-5) failed to orbit due to malfunction of minor components in the firing circuit of third stage.

The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) was established by the DOD, and Roy W. Johnson, a vice president of General Electric Co., was appointed by Secretary of Defense McElroy as its Director. ARPA was placed in charge of the Nation's outer space program. To further the national space effort pending a decision as to permanent organization, the Secretary of Defense created the Advanced ...

Flying a Lockheed F-101A Star-fighter at Edwards AFB , Calif., Maj. Howard C. Johnson (USAF) set a 91,249-foot world altitude record for ground-launched planes.

First launching of USAF Bomarc interceptor missile from Cape Canaveral on a signal sent by the SAGE Control Center at Kingston, N.Y.

Black Knight missile of the United Kingdom was launched from the Australian range at Woomera to an altitude of over 300 miles.

NASA formally organized Project Mercury to: (1) place a manned space capsule in orbital flight around the earth ; (2) investigate man's reactions to and capabilities in this environment; end (3) recover capsule and pilot safely. A NASA Space Task Group organized at Langley Research Center drew up specifications for the Mercury capsule, based on studies by the National Advisory Commlttee ...

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