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First U.S. full-size tactical nose cone was recovered from the Atlantic Ocean 4½ hours after launching from Cape Canaveral on a Jupiter missile Jupiter missile.

Gravity load of 83 g's for a fraction of a second withstood by Capt. E. L. Breeding in deceleration of a rocket sled at Holloman AFB . H. Rept. 1770, Select Committee on Astronautics and Space Exploration, “Establishment of the National Space Program,” published to accompany H.R. 12575.

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

Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin in a letter to President Eisenhower stated that the Soviet Union "is ready to examine also the question of the intercontinental rockets if the Western powers are willing to reach agreement to ban atomic and hydrogen weapons, to end tests thereof, and to liquidate foreign military bases In other nations' terrltories. In that case, an agreement on the use of outer ...

In a message to Congress on the organization of the Nation's Defense Establishment, President Eisenhower recommended creation of the position of Director of Defense Research and Engineering, which would have a higher rank and replace the present Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering.

USAF and National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA jointly announce details on the inertial guidance system to be used on the X-15 research aircraft, a flight instrument system to allow the pilot to prevent the aircraft twin reentering dense atmosphere too steeply or too shallow.

By Executive Order, President Dwight D. Eisenhower transferred the Jet Propulsion Laboratory ( Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL ), a government-owned facility staffed and operated by the California Institute of Technology, from Army to NASA jurisdiction. The new Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL radio telescope at Camp Irwin, Calif., called the Goldstone Tracking Facility , was capable of ...

Howard C. Lilly killed in takeoff of D-588-I (No. 2) research airplane at Muroc, the first National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA test pilot killed in line of duty.

Naval Research Laboratory's Martin Viking launch vehicle Viking rocket No. 1 fired at White Sands Proving Ground , N. Mex., reached an altitude of 51% miles and a speed of 2,250 mph ; its payload contained upper air pressure and temperature experiments. President Truman approved amendments to the basic legislation of 1915 covering "Rules and Regulations for the Conduct of the Work of the ...

Submarine Cusk launched a Loon guided missile and after submerging, tracked and controlled its flight to a range of 105 miles.

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