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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

In his state-of-the-Union message, President Eisenhower reported: "In recognition of the need for single control in some of our most advanced development projects, the Secretary of Defense has already decided to concentrate into one organization all antimissile and satellite technology undertaken within the Department of Defense."

Second AF Thor-Able reentry test vehicle was launched, traveling 6,009 miles (no nose cone recovery).

The first meeting of the new NASA Inventions and Contributions Board was held to evaluate scientific or technical contributions and to recommend monetary awards.

First flight over the North Pole, by Richard Byrd, navigator, and Floyd Bennett, pilot, in a Fokker Monoplane, from Spitsbergen.

Dr. Ludwig Prandtl of Germany received second Daniel Guggenheim Medal.

First blind solo flight (without a check pilot aboard) solely on instrumcnts was made by Capt. A. F. Hegenberger (AAC) at Dayton, Ohio.

George W. Lewis, Director of National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Aeronautical Research, received Daniel Guggenheim Medal for 1936 for direction of aeronautical research and for the development of original equipment and methods.

Hugh Franklin Pierce H. F. Pierce launched liquid propellant rocket to 250-foot altitude at Old Ferris Point, N.Y.

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