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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.

EXPLORER I , first U.S. earth satellite, launched by modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C , with US- International Geophysical year IGY scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen , which discovered the radiation belt around the earth. '''Click on the player to see a video clip from this day "Army Explorers in Space".'''
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The Air Force revealed the use of ramjet engines for the first time on piloted aircraft, a modified F-80.

Responsibility for Hermes II transferred to Army Ordnance Guided Missile Center at Redstone Arsenal ; Hermes II redesignated the RVA-A-3 test vehicle.

Snark intercontinental missile launched from Cape Canaveral first flew 5,000 miles, to a target near Ascension Island.

The Reaction Propulsion Research Institute in the Soviet Union is put under the authority of the People's Commissariat of Heavy Industry.

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-223 NASA'S FERMI TO REVEAL NEW FINDINGS ABOUT PULSARS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a media teleconference at 2 p.m. EDT on Thursday, Nov. 3, to discuss new discoveries about pulsars by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope. A pulsar is the closest thing to a black hole astronomers can observe directly. Pulsars are capable of crushing half a million times more mass than ...

''RELEASE 14-292'' '''NASA Program Enhances Climate Resilience at Agency Facilities''' A new study in the latest issue of the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society provides an in-depth look at how NASA facilities have been affected by climate extremes and climate change in recent years and how the agency is preparing for the future. Using a blend of weather data, global and regional ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY M16-130'' '''NASA Sets GOES-R/Atlas V Launch Events Coverage''' The first spacecraft in a new series of NASA-built advanced geostationary weather satellites is set to launch into orbit aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket Wednesday, Nov. 16. The two-hour launch window opens at 4:42 p.m. EST. Liftoff will occur from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force ...

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