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EXPLORER I , first U.S. earth satellite, launched by modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C , with US- International Geophysical year IGY scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen , which discovered the radiation belt around the earth. '''Click on the player to see a video clip from this day "Army Explorers in Space".'''
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“Into Frontiers Beyond Earth” Scott Crossfield in pressure suit in Life Magazine

The first meeting of the Canadian Astronautical Society takes place at de Havilland Missile Division in Downsview Ontario. Fourteen people attend and elect Philip A. Lapp as president.

First domestic jet airline passenger service, by National Airlines between New York and Miami.

The London Times story "Avro Arrow's 1,000 MPH in Climb", reporting on the high performance of the Canadian built CF-105 interceptor.

The Second International Symposium on the Physics and Medicine of the Atmosphere And Space begins at the Hilton Hotel in San Antonio Texas.

U.S.S.R. scientists stated that launching of an earth satellite was possible in the near future, according to Radio Moscow.

Comptroller of the Treasury Department ruled that the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA was an independent agency and was not an appendage of the Navy Department in spite of the tact it was originally funded under the naval appropriations bill.

700-hp aircraft engine having 18 cylinders arranged in three banks of six, tested at Engineering Division, McCook Field.

An Army R-5, demonstrated by C. A. Moeller and D. D. Viner, set an unofficial world helicopter record by climbing to 21,000 feet at Stratford, Conn.

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