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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.

USAF Atlas missile Atlas ICBM was successfully flown from Cape Canaveral , Fla., to the impact area some 600 miles away.

Modified Navy Terrier rocket with camera launched to an altitude of 80 miles from Wallops Island, providing a 1,000-mile composite photograph of a frontal cloud formation.

Cloud seeding over McCook Field, Dayton, accomplished by Prof. W. D. Bancroft of Cornell University, from Air Service aircraft.

First assignment of a flight surgeon to Naval Aircraft Factory, Lt. Comdr. J. R. Poppen (USN), was directed to observe pilots, conduct physical examinations, and work on hygienic and physiological aspects of research and development projects.

NASA selected four companies to perform a variety of construction services at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., and Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Va. The selected contractors are Grimberg/Amatea Joint Venture of Leesburg, Va.; Meltech Corp. of Landover, Md.; Northeast NICC Joint Venture of Falls Church, Va.; and Biscayne Contractors of Alexandria, Va. These ...

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... mittee prepared the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing NASA (effective Oct. 1, 1958). Before passage of the Space Act July 29, 1958, the Senate created the permanent Committee on ... 4 Jan 5 1973 5 Jan 6 1973 6 Jan 7 1973 7 Jan 8 1973 8 Jan 9 1973 9 Jan 10 1973 10 Jan 11 1973 11 Jan 12 1973 12 Jan 13 1973 13 Jan 14 1973 14 Jan 15 ...

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