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Altitude laboratory at Bureau of Standards completed a full year of detailed analysis of various engine performances up to 30,000-foot altitudes, which yielded many results of basic importance.

Notable technical achievements of the year according to McCook Field were: development of leakproof tanks ; reversible- and variable-pitch propellers; a siphon gasoline pump ; fins and floats for emergency water landings ; and the turbocompressor or supercharger developed by Sanford A. Moss of General Electric.

Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics ended its activities.

"Airworthiness Requirements for Aircraft Components and Accessories" of the Department of Commerce became effective.

Army Ordnance terminated the Hermes project, during which development of high-performance liquid-fuel rocket and first stabilized platform inertial guidance equipment had been accomplished.

PROJECT SCORE ceased transmissions, concluding 12 days of operations and 07 successful contacts. International Geophysical year IGY scheduled to close, but in October 1958 the International Council of Scientific Unions, meeting in Washington, approved extension of IGY through December 1959 under name of International Geophysical Cooperation-1959 (IGC-59) and also approved establishment ...

''First Of NASA'S Two Grail Spacecraft Enters Orbit Around Moon'' PASADENA, Calif. -- The first of two NASA spacecraft to study the moon in unprecedented detail entered lunar orbit. NASA's Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory (GRAIL)-A spacecraft successfully completed its planned main engine burn at 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST) on this day. As of 3 p.m. PST (6 p.m. EST), GRAIL-A is in a 56- ...

In its year-end accounts, as compiled by Arthur C. Clarke , the BIS showed a net positive balance of £50 6/4. Over £22 of this was a single donation to the research fund. Based on the subscription revenues the active membership must have been between 70 and 100 people at this time. Juvenile magazine "Modern Wonder" features the BIS lunar spacecraft but credits it to German rocket ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY M14-208'' ''' NASA Highlights Astrophysics Discoveries at American Astronomical Society Meeting''' NASA researchers will present a wide range of new astrophysics findings at the 225th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS). The AAS meeting runs Sunday, Jan. 4 through Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at the Washington State Convention Center, 800 Convention Place, Seattle. ...

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