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Smith J. DeFrance appointed Engineer-in-Charge of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory, Moffett Field, Calif.

Comdr. T. Caldwell (USN) flew the Douglas D-558-I (No. 1) Sky-streak, powered by a General Electric TG-180 turbojet, to a new world's speed record of 640.7 mph. Five days later Maj. Marion Carl. USMC, added another 10 mph flying D-558-I (No. 2).

Redstone missile No. 1 was fired by Army Redstone Arsenal personnel at AFMTC, Cape Canaveral , Fla. Longest nonstop flight by single engined jet fighters, made by 17 USAF F-84G Thunderjets from Albany, Ga., to Lakenheath, England, a distance of 4,485 miles. USSR first announced H-bomb explosion, later reported by AEC to have occurred in U.S.S.R. on August 12. First successful launching ...

Col. Horace A. Hanes established a supersonic speed record for straightaway flight at 822.135 mph in a F-100 Super Sabre, at Edwards AFB . Detachment 1 of USAF ARDC established at Wright Patterson AFB.

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M12-153 MEDIA INVITED TO NASA AIRBORNE HURRICANE MISSION MEDIA DAY'' WASHINGTON -- NASA is preparing to send unmanned scientific aircraft over the Atlantic Ocean to study tropical cyclones and the processes that underlie hurricane formation and intensification. Reporters are invited to view NASA's Global Hawks and tour the mission control center at NASA's Wallops Flight ...

''RELEASE: 10-114'' ''NASA'S SHUTTLE ATLANTIS BRINGING A NEW DAWN FOR SPACE STATION SCIENCE'' WASHINGTON -- NASA's space shuttle Atlantis is delivering science experiments and a new Russian laboratory to the International Space Station, continuing the transition from station assembly to continuous scientific research through the end of the decade. The Russian-built Mini Research Module-1, also ...

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