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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.

4751st Air Defense Missile Wing to develop and conduct training program for Bomarc units, and the 864th Strategic Missile Squadron to be equipped with Jupiter missile Jupiter IRBM, were both activated.

U.S.S.R. Foreign Ministry statement proposed that ban on use of outer space for military purposes, as suggested by President Eisenhower, be coupled with the liquidation of foreign military bases in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Contract awarded for inertial guidance system for the Titan I missile Titan ICBM to American Bosch Arms by the USAF.

Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration of the House of Representatives opened hearings on outer space leading toward formulation of a national space program.

SPUTNIK III placed into orbit by the U.S.S.R. with a total payload weight of about 7,000 pounds, and called a "flying laboratory."

Saturn Project initiated by Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA order to Army Ordnance Missile Command, and it was assigned to Redstone Arsenal . Dr. T. Keith Glennan confirmed by the Senate as Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Federal Aviation Agency created with passage by Congress of the Federal Aviation Act. The Advanced Research Projects ...

First meeting of COSPAR ( Committee on Space Research ) proposed bylaws and rules for the approval of the ICSU, at London.

Vickers Wellington prototype RAF bomber made its first flight, while flight of first production model was made on December 23, 1937.

Astronomical Society of the Pacific and the International Mars Committee held a symposium on "Problems Common to Astronomy and Biology," at Flagstaff, Ariz.

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-122 NASA GIVES NEWS MEDIA ACCESS TO FINAL SHUTTLE SIMULATIONS'' HOUSTON --As the final space shuttle training simulations take place at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, the agency is giving journalists an unprecedented view of the crew and Mission Control team training for the upcoming STS-135 mission. On Thursday, June 16, news media representatives can ...

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