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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.

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).

U.S.S.R. invaded Finland, Soviet planes bombing Helsinki and other Finnish towns.

Italian jet-propelled Caproni-Campini airplane flown 475 kilometers in 2 hours 11 minutes from Turin to Rome, by Mario de Barnardini.

Department of Aviation Medicine and Physiological Research was authorized at NAMC Philadelphia.

Curtiss-Wright demonstrated its new reversible-pitch propellers which enabled a C-54 to make a controlled descent from 15,000 to 1,000 feet in 1 minute 22 seconds.

Martin TM-61 Matador , a jet-propelled missile, completed final test flight and became USAF's first tactical missile.

''NASA Exercises Contract Option For TDRS-M Satellite Decision Will Retain Hundreds Of Jobs'' WASHINGTON -- NASA has elected to exercise the first of two available contract options for procurement of an additional Tracking Data Relay Satellite (TDRS) from Boeing Satellite Systems, Inc. of El Segundo, Calif. The estimated value of the contract option is $289 million and extends the period of ...

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