May 27 1959
From The Space Library
First flight test of USAF Bomarc B long-range interceptor missile.
Director Robert R. Gilruth met with members of his STG staff (Paul E. Purser, Charles J. Donlan, James A. Chamberlin, Raymond L. Zavasky, W. Kemble Johnson, Charles W. Mathews, Maxime A. Faget, and Charles H. Zimmeman) and George M. Low from NASA Headquarters to discuss the possibility of an advanced manned spacecraft.
Memorandum, Purser to Gilruth, "Log for the Week of May 25, 1959," p. 2.