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... is inviting members of the media and public to participate in online and television events May 30-31 with NASA officials and experts discussing the agency's asteroid initiative and the ... the 1.7-mile-long asteroid 1998 QE2. At 4:59 p.m. EDT, Friday, May 31, 1998 QE2 will pass by Earth at a safe distance of about 3.6 ... Near Earth Asteroid Research Program near Socorro, N.M. The schedule of events is: Thursday, May 30 -- 1:30-2:30 p.m.: NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena ...

... laboratory on Earth can duplicate these conditions. A report on the findings appears in the May 30 edition of the journal Nature. The internal structure of neutron stars is a long ...

Unofficial two-man altitude record of 31,540 feet set by Lts. John A. Macready and A. W. Stevens (USAS) on a flight during which an aerial photograph covering the greatest area of the earth's surface to date was obtained.

Lt. J. A. Macready (USAS) established new American altitude record of 35,239 feet at Dayton, in Le Pere Liberty 400.

Chance Vought F4U Corsair Navy fighter with inverted full wing made first test flight.

Naval Powder Factory, Indian Head, developed and successfully tested 4.5-inch AA rocket.

War Department Equipment Board concluded in its report that missiles would play a prominent role in future warfare. It established requirements for seven types of missiles, including a strategic ground-to-ground missile for use at ranges from 150 to several thousand miles.

V-2 missile V-2 impacted 1½ miles south of Juarez, Mexico, resulting in new safety measures at White Sands Proving Ground WSPG .

U.S.S.R. reported that research was being conducted on hydrogen fusion as a means of propulsion for space applications.

''MEDIA ADVISORY M18-086'' '''NASA Television to Air Return of One Space Station Crew, Launch of Another''' Three of the crew members currently aboard the International Space Station are scheduled to end their mission on the orbiting laboratory on Sunday, June 3. A few days later, another trio of space travelers will depart for the station on a launch scheduled for Wednesday, June 6. Live ...

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