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James H. Doolittle, Chairman of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, announced that a special committee on space technology was formed on November 21, 1957.

Lt. Comdr. Jack Neiman completed 44-hour simulated high altitude flight at between 80,000 and 100,000 feet in pressure chamber at NAS Norfolk.

PIONEER I , U.S.- International Geophysical year IGY space probe under direction of NASA and with the AFBMD as executive agent, launched from AMR, Cape Canaveral , Fla., by a Thor-Able -I booster. It traveled 70,790 miles before returning to earth, determined radial extent of great radiation belt, first observations of earth's and interplanetary magnetic field, and first measurements ...

A letter contract was signed by NASA with North American Aviation NAA 's Rocketdyne Division for the development of the H-1 rocket engine, designed for use in a clustered-engine booster. '' Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC Saturn Systems Office and Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC Historical Office, Saturn Illustrated Chronology (George C. Marshall Space Flight Center , ...

Lockheed P-88 Lightning first flown across the Nation from California, to a crack-up landing at Mitchel Field, Long Island, Lt. Ben Kelsey as pilot.

Army announced that a weather balloon, launched at the Signal Research and Development Laboratory, Fort Monmouth, N.J., had established a world altitude record of 146,000 feet.

''RELEASE: 13-039 - NASA UNVEILS STRATEGIC SPACE TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT PLAN'' --WASHINGTON -- NASA's Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan has been posted to the agency's website. The comprehensive strategic plan prioritizes space technologies essential to the pursuit of NASA's mission and achievement of national goals. The NASA Strategic Space Technology Investment Plan was created ...

Max Valier increases the thrust of his liquid fuel rocket engine to 3,400gm.

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... say, was first recommended by our committee Senate Preparedness Subcommittee, chaired by Johnson in 1958." ''(Transcript, Wash. Post, 2/2/64, A7)'' Editorial in Christian Science Monitor said: "It ... Feb 11 1964 11 Feb 12 1964 12 Feb 13 1964 13 Feb 14 1964 14 Feb 15 1964 15 Feb 16 1964 16 Feb 17 1964 17 Feb 18 1964 18 Feb 19 1964 19 Feb 20 1964 20 Feb ...

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