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PIONEER I , U.S.- International Geophysical year IGY space probe under direction of NASA and with the AFBMD as executive agent, launched from AMR, Cape Canaveral , Fla., by a Thor-Able -I booster. It traveled 70,790 miles before returning to earth, determined radial extent of great radiation belt, first observations of earth's and interplanetary magnetic field, and first measurements ...

Naval Research Laboratory rocket firings in Danger Island region of the South Pacific from U.S.S. Point Defiance, reached 139, 148, 152, and 150 miles attitude to chart solar spectrum in the ultraviolet and X-ray portion.

NASA requested transfer of Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the space activities of Army Redstone Arsenal to NASA.

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.

Thor IRBM successfully fired from Cape Canaveral , flew prescribed course, and impacted in preselected area.

Department of Defense assigned responsibility for land-based ICBM/IRBM development to the USAF, and directed it to develop Minuteman solid-propellant ICBM capable of being launched from underground sites.

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