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Complete USAF Thor IRBM first successfully launched from Cape Canaveral . September 26-November 9: Thirty-six Rockoons (balloon-launched rockets) were launched from Navy icebreaker, U.S. ...

The Navy publicly demonstrated the Ryan Fireball FR-1 at NAS Anacostia, the first propeller-and-jet powered airplane designed for aircraft carriers. Army Wac Corporal , first development flight, fired at White Sands, established U.S. record of 43.5 miles height, and was the first U.S. liquid-propellant rocket developed with Government funds (constructed by Douglas and Aerojet under Jet ...

Maj. Gen. William D. Kepner, was named chief of the new atomic energy division of the USAF.

Moscow radio reported U.S.S.R. sent rockets to 240-miles height; claimed rocket for interplanetary travel designed and flight principles worked out.

H. Froehlich and K. Long of General Mills flew ONR Strato-Lab balloon to new altitude record for an open-basket gondola of 42,000 feet.

Vanguard (SLV-3) reached 265 miles' altitude and was destroyed 9,200 miles downrange over Central Africa on reentry into the atmosphere. Boeing B-52D set a world distance in a closed-circuit record of 6,233.981 miles, with Lt. CoL V. L. Sandacz at the controls.

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-206 NASA TO HOST NEWS CONFERENCE ON ASTEROID SEARCH FINDINGS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Thurs., Sept. 29, to reveal near-Earth asteroid findings and implications for future research. The briefing will take place in the NASA Headquarters James E. Webb Auditorium, located at 300 E St. SW in Washington. NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-191 NASA TO TELEVISE MARS CURIOSITY ROVER SCIENCE UPDATE SEPT. 27'' PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will host a news conference at 11 a.m. PDT (2 p.m. EDT) Thursday, Sept. 27, to present science findings from the Curiosity rover's mission to Mars' Gale Crater. The news conference from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., will be carried live on NASA ...

''RELEASE 16-096'' '''NASA’s Hubble Spots Possible Water Plumes Erupting on Jupiter's Moon Europa''' Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have imaged what may be water vapor plumes erupting off the surface of Jupiter's moon Europa. This finding bolsters other Hubble observations suggesting the icy moon erupts with high altitude water vapor plumes. The observation increases the ...

''RELEASE 17-080'' '''Vice President Pence Visits NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center''' Vice President Mike Pence offered his thanks Monday to employees working on NASA’s human spaceflight programs during a tour of the agency’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Vice President saw the progress being made on NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s most powerful deep ...

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