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Col. Donald J. Keirn of Wright Field sent to England to study Gloster jet aircraft and its Whittle-I engine. AAP decision to produce Whittle engine made in September, and the XP-59 flew a year later. ''Old Fireball'' a science fiction story by American Interplanetary Society founder Nathaniel Schachner appears in Astounding Science Fiction magazine.

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Republic XP-47 Thunderbolt made first flight. May-June: First satisfactory spark plugs (ceramic insulated) for high-performance U.S. aircraft engines such as the P&W R-2800 were ordered in mass quantities. Plugs were developed under direction of T. T. Neill, Air Corps ignition engineer at Wright Field.

... announced that Arnold W. Frutkin, associate administrator for external relations since November 1978, would retire June 27. For 18 years before his present appointment, he had headed NASAs Office of International ... away Soyuz 32 , loaded with used equipment and experiment material, for a soft landing June 13. Later June reports from scientists studying the returned material said that future stations would allow for ... ." (FBIS, Tass in English, Intl Svc in Russian, Dom Svc in Russian, June 1-30/79) May 1979 May June 1979 June Jun 1 1979 1 Jun 2 1979 2 Jun 3 1979 ...

... , including development of plants in weightlessness and production of metal alloys and castings. Tass reported June 3 that the descent module of Soyuz 35 had landed safely near Dzhezkazgan and that ... June 24. Progress 10 was launched June 29. (FBIS, Tass in English, June 1-29/80; NY Times, June 10/80, (2; AID, June 10/80, 219; Av Wk, June 23/80, 18) May 1980 May June 1980 June Jun 1 ...

... and functional checks. The crew also familiarized themselves with stowage arrangements. (Spaceport News, 12 June 75, 5; 26 June 75, 3) Development of the Spacelab by the European Space Agency for NASA ... preparing similar recommendations at the European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC). Beginning on 9 June, combined NASA- ESA teams met in Noordwijk to consider the 1772 review-item discrepancies prepared ... m forward for each 0.3-m loss in altitude. (AFSC Newsreview, June 75, 1) May 1975 May June 1975 June Jun 1 1975 1 Jun 2 1975 2 Jun 3 1975 3 ...

... -and-landing (STOL) transport program. Subsequent developmental efforts were in the planning stage. (AFSC Newsreview, June 78, 16) ESA reported that its council and communications satellites program, board had unanimously approved ... program, and an anticipation of more benefits from new projects. (A&A, June 78, 60) May 1978 May June 1978 June Jun 1 1978 1 Jun 2 1978 2 Jun 3 1978 3 ...

... employees applied for disability retire-ment. Previous monthly high for MSFC retirements was 106 in June 1972. June 1973 MSFC retirements, added to 24 retired Jan. 1-May 30, brought the 1973 total to 170. Retirements at other Centers during June numbered 142 for Lewis Research Center , 120 for Langley Research Center , 76 for Goddard Research ... AWAC'S suitability for the European environment. ''(AFSC Newsreview, 6/73, 1)'' May 1973 May June 1973 June Jun 1 1973 1 Jun 2 1973 2 Jun 3 1973 3 Jun 4 ...

... while the repositioning went on; both satellites were reported working normally again. (Av Wk, 28 June 76, 11) The USAF announced that use of a new tool made of a graphite ... supplies' would be used up or replaced with the new measurements. (Av Wk, 7 June 76, 44; 14 June 76, 100) Interavia magazine printed a photograph of Dora, a solar. generator being ... expanded telephone, television, and radio service for the whole of Nigeria. (Interavia, June 1976, 573) May 1976 May June 1976 June Jun 1 1976 1 Jun 2 1976 2 Jun 3 1976 3 ...

... theory and practice and leadership of organizations that pioneered major space programs." (NAS News Report, June/77, 7) Nature reported that a May 13 meeting of the Royal Astronomical Society in ... rotated synchronously with their orbital periods and their long axes pointing directly at Mars (Nature, June 30/77,758) Reductions made by the House subcommittee on defense appropriations in funding for ... had conserved sufficient gas supplies for propulsion and attitude control. (Av Wk, June 20/77, 79) May 1977 May June 1977 June Jun 1 1977 1 Jun 2 1977 2 Jun 3 1977 ...

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