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Three weeks after NASA officially began operating, prospective contractors were invited to a briefing at NASA headquarters on development of 1½-million-pound-thrust engine. First launching of two USAF Bomarc missiles within less than 10 seconds of each other at Cape Canaveral ; launches signaled from SAGE at Kingston, N.Y., and both missiles scored successful intercepts against different ...

NASA-with the Army as executive agent-attempted to launch a 12-foot-diameter inflatable satellite of micro-thin plastic covered with aluminum foil known as BEACON . Launched from AMR by a Juno I -a modified Redstone, the payload prematurely separated prior to booster burnout.

Pan American World Airways began regular daily jet service between New York and Paris using Boeing 707's.

William M. Holaday appointed by the President to be Chairman of the NASA-DOD Civilian-Military Liaison Committee (CMLC).

The London Times story "Avro Arrow's 1,000 MPH in Climb", reporting on the high performance of the Canadian built CF-105 interceptor.

First launch of Navy Polaris test vehicle at Cape Canaveral .

In a letter to Soviet Premier Nikolai A. Bulganin, President Eisenhower repeated his plea for the dedication of outer space to peaceful uses. Denying that this proposal was intended "to gain strategic advantages for the United States," he stressed the urgency of dealing with outer space before its use for military purposes had, like nuclear weapons, advanced to the point where complete ...

Second U.S.- International Geophysical year IGY satellite, VANGUARD I , launched into orbit with life expectancy of perhaps a 1,000 years, a highly successful scientific satellite which proved that the earth is slightly pear shaped. Operating on solar-powered batteries, it was still transmitting after 3 years in orbit. An experiment testing the behavior of crews under conditions of long ...

Simulated 7-day trip to the moon made by six Navy moon in chamber at Philadelphia Naval Base. British Skylark reached an altitude of 90 miles at Woomera, Australia.

Nose cone of Jupiter missile Jupiter missile successfully recovered after intermediate range flight.

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