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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.

Navy rocket sled attained speed of 2,827.5 mph at China Lake, Calif.

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.

Senate established Standing Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

EXPLORER V successfully launched by ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C and all stages fired, but orbit not achieved because of collision between parts of booster aud instrument compartment.

First senior staff meeting of the newly created National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) held, with Dr. T. Keith Glennan as Administrator, and Dr. Hugh L. Dryden as Deputy Administrator. KC-135 jet Stratotanker lifted 77,350-pound payload to an altitude of 1.25 miles. First use of Sidewinder aircraft rocket with heatseeker nose, by Chinese Nationalist F-86's over the ...

Dr. Herbert F. York, Chief Scientist of Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA , was named as Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense by President Eisenhower.

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