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The DOD announced plane to establish the National Pacific Missile Range (PMR) as part of the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, Calif., the range to be designed for long-range guided missile and ICBM testing.

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.

U.S.S.R. fired a single-stage rocket to 294-mile altitude with 3,340 pounds of experiments for measuring ion composition of the atmosphere, pressure, temperature, micrometeorites, etc., according to the Soviet International Geophysical year IGY Committee.

Two-stage monorail rocket-propelled sled exceeded 2,700 mph at Holloman AFB .

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics held its final meeting, and invited Dr. T. Keith Glennan , newly appointed Administrator of NASA, to receive best wishes for the future.

Three weeks after NASA officially began operating, prospective contractors were invited to a briefing at NASA headquarters on development of 1½-million-pound-thrust engine. First launching of two USAF Bomarc missiles within less than 10 seconds of each other at Cape Canaveral ; launches signaled from SAGE at Kingston, N.Y., and both missiles scored successful intercepts against different ...

NASA formed new Special Committee on Life Sciences to provide advice on human factors, medical, and allied problems on NASA's manned space vehicle program.

House Rept. 1758, Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, “The National Space Program” published

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