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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.

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA reported that 50 percent of its research effort was being devoted to problems associated with missiles and space vehicles.

President Eisenhower requested $125 million to initiate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Successful proof tests subjecting humans to over 20 times the force of gravity were conducted, with National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA 's Maxime Faget conceiving concept of the contour couch on centrifuge at Navy AMAL, Johnsville, Pa. This couch became integral part ...

The second Project Argus Argus small A-bomb detonation beyond the atmosphere was conducted in the South Atlantic.

William M. Holaday appointed by the President to be Chairman of the NASA-DOD Civilian-Military Liaison Committee (CMLC).

Russian balloon reached 73,000 feet, but aeronauts Felosienko, Wasienko, and Vsyskin perished in free fall of gondola.

President Truman announced his decision to go ahead on the hydrogen bomb development program.

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