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Naval Observatory requested by LCdr. Richard E. Byrd to supply bubble levels for attachment to navigational sextants, thereby providing an artificial horizon for astronomical observations from aircraft. Unofficial seaplane record made by Navy F5L piloted by Lt. H. B. Grow out of Hampton Roads, which completed a flight of 20 hours and 19 minutes, a distance of 1,250 nautical miles.

Flying a Messerschmitt BF-109R, Fritz Wendel achieved record speed of 468.9 mph in level flight, at Augsburg, Germany.

Vanguard (TV-5) failed to orbit due to malfunction of minor components in the firing circuit of third stage.

NASA announced the signing of a $24 million contract with Douglas Aircraft Co., Inc., for a three-stage Thor-Vanguard launching rocket called Delta launch vehicle Delta .

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-087 NASA HOSTS SCIENCE UPDATE ABOUT GRAVITY PROBE B MISSION'' WASHINGTON -- NASA will hold a news conference at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, May 4, to discuss the science results and legacy of the Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission. The event will be in the NASA Headquarters Webb auditorium at 300 E Street SW in Washington. GP-B is a NASA physics mission designed to measure two ...

BIS Chairman A.V. Cleaver delivers lecture "Rocket Propulsion and Interplanetary Flight" to the Manchester branch of the Royal Aeronautical Society at the Manchester College of Technology.

''RELEASE: 10-188'' ''NASA ANNOUNCES NEXT OPPORTUNITY FOR CUBESAT SPACE MISSIONS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA has announced a second opportunity for small satellite payloads to fly on rockets planned to launch in 2011 and 2012. These CubeSats could be auxiliary cargo on previously planned missions. CubeSats are a class of research spacecraft called nanosatellites. The cube-shaped satellites are ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY M16-046'' '''NASA Dedicates Facility to Mathematician, Presidential Medal Winner''' NASA will commemorate the many contributions of retired mathematician Katherine Johnson to America’s space program during a building dedication ceremony at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, May 5 -- the 55th anniversary of Alan Shepard's historic rocket launch and splash down, which Johnson helped make ...

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