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DISCOVERER V placed into polar orbit by AF Thor-Agena A, but reentry capsule not recovered due to post ejection malfunctions.

... . Congress, House, Committee on Science and Astronautics, Space Propulsion, Staff Report, 86th Congress, 1st Session (1959), p. 2.'' H. Rept. 1086, Committee on Science and Astronautics, “The First Soviet Moon Rocket ... Schwenk , "A Rocket for Manned Lunar Exploration," Proceedings of the Tenth International Astronautical Congress , London, 1959 (1960).'' Media:MAR-1959-08-31.pdf Missiles & Rockets Aug 31 1959

First flight test of Navy Sub-roc antisub missile from NOTS, China Lake, Calif. Media:MAR-1959-08-03.pdf Missiles & Rockets Aug 3 1959

USAF canceled research program to develop exotic chemical fuels for proposed Mach 3 B-70 bomber and F-108 interceptor. Media:MAR-1959-08-10.pdf Missiles & Rockets Aug 10 1959

First of NIKE-ASP sounding rockets to provide geophysical information on wind activity between 50 and 150 miles high was launched successfully from NASA. Wallops Station. Media:MAR-1959-08-17.pdf Missiles & Rockets Aug 17 1959

USAF fired Atlas C missile Atlas-C 5,000 miles and recovered nose cone camera with photographs of one-sixth of earth's surface taken from 700 miles up, near Ascension Island. Media:MAR-1959-08-24.pdf Missiles & Rockets Aug 24 1959

... to achieve payload orbit because of loss of second-stage pitch attitude control. Media:MAR-1959-04-13.pdf Missiles & Rockets Apr 13 1959

Largest plastic balloon to date (6 million cubic feet) launched by Office of Naval Research with 173 pounds of instruments, at Fort Churchill, Canada. Media:MAR-1959-07-13.pdf Missiles & Rockets Jul 13 1959

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