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First flight of research airplane Douglas D-558-II (No. 1), John Martin of Douglas as pilot. Airplane had both jet and rocket engines and was flown from ground takeoff.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA 's Flight Research Division pilot, Herbert H. Hoover, became the first civilian to fly supersonic in the XS-1 (No. 2) at Muroc, Calif.

USAF announced formation of the Rand Corp., successor to Project Rand, to assemble most advanced scientific, technical, industrial, and military knowledge available and bring it to bear on major Air Force decisions.

William G. Swan stayed aloft for 30 minutes over Atlantic City, N.J., in a glider powered with 10 small rockets.

SPUTNIK I reentered the atmosphere and disintegrated. American Rocket Society and the Rocket and Satellite Research Panel issued a snmmary of their proposals for a National Space Establishment. Preferably independent of the Department of Defense, but in any event not under one of the military services, this establishment would be responsible for the 'broad cultural, scientific, and ...

Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Pacific Missile Range declared officially operational for firings.

Leslie R. Shepherd delivers paper entitled ''The Energy and Stability of Atomic Nuceli'' at the monthly meeting of the British Interplanetary Society . 36 members present.

NASA astronaut Marsha Ivins , a veteran of five spaceflights, retires from the agency. "Marsha's incredible depth of mission experience and technical expertise has been a tremendous asset to this office," said Peggy Whitson , chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. "We have relied on her expertise for years in many diverse areas, including but not ...

''Release 16-001'' '''NASA Research Could Save Commercial Airlines Billions in New Era of Aviation''' The nation’s airlines could realize more than $250 billion dollars in savings in the near future thanks to green-related technologies developed and refined by NASA’s aeronautics researchers during the past six years. These new technologies, developed under the purview of NASA’s Environmentally ...

''RELEASE 17-001'' '''NASA Assigns Upcoming Space Station Crew Members''' NASA is assigning veteran astronaut Andrew Feustel and first-flight astronaut Jeanette Epps to missions aboard the International Space Station in 2018. Feustel will launch in March 2018 for his first long-duration mission, serving as a flight engineer on Expedition 55, and later as commander of Expedition 56. Epps will ...

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