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CBAS is formally and unanimously "wound up" at a meeting in London. On the same day Ralph A. Smith presents merger resolutions to the membership which is carried unanimously. 64 members of the various British interplanetary societies attend. Don Arnot delivers a lecture called "A Survey of Atomic Power."

First powered flight of Bell X-1B completed, Maj. Arthur Murray as pilot.

U.S.S.R. supplied telemetry code of SPUTNIK III to other International Geophysical year IGY members, covering only radiation measurements. In MAN HIGH III balloon launched from Holloman AFB , Lt. Clifton M. McClure attained a near-record altitude of 99,900 feet. An electronics show in Toronto Canada features an exhibit of the US Army's Explorer III and rocketry equipment ...

Article "New Worlds to Conquer" by Philip M. Barr appears in Outlook magazine.

The Paisley Rocket Society under the guidance of John D. Stewart fires its second photographic rocket. This time a mirror was attached to try and allow photographs to be taken of the ground but the rocket flew off course and was destroyed on impact.

Frederick I. Ordway III writes to the British Interplanetary Society inquiring about membership.

Royal Society holds a press conference about Sputnik where Sir Owen Wansborough-Jones, chief scientist to the British Ministry of Supply stated that although his department was contributing rocket technology to the IGY program, his ministry was not interested in satellites from a defence perspective.

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... " by Dr. William H. Pickering , Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory ; "From Wallops Island to Mercury, 1945-58" by Dr. Robert R. Gilruth , MSC Director; and "The Viking Rocket" by Milton W ... 7 Oct 8 1972 8 Oct 9 1972 9 Oct 10 1972 10 Oct 11 1972 11 Oct 12 1972 12 Oct 13 1972 13 Oct 14 1972 14 Oct 15 1972 15 Oct 16 1972 16 Oct 17 1972 17 Oct 18 ...

... ,781 tons dropped by USAF in the Pacific between 1941 and 1945. ''(Sell, WJT, 10/3/66, 4)'' October 3-8: Marshall Space Flight Center MSFC -sponsored space sciences exhibit tracing history ... 6 Oct 7 1966 7 Oct 8 1966 8 Oct 9 1966 9 Oct 10 1966 10 Oct 11 1966 11 Oct 12 1966 12 Oct 13 1966 13 Oct 14 1966 14 Oct 15 1966 15 Oct 16 1966 16 Oct 17 1966 17 Oct 18 ...

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