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''RELEASE 18-001'' '''NASA Remembers Agency’s Most Experienced Astronaut''' The following is a statement from acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot on the passing of John Young, who died Friday night following complications from pneumonia at the age of 87. Young is the only agency astronaut to go into space as part of the Gemini, Apollo and space shuttle programs, and the first to fly ...

''RELEASE 18-002'' '''NASA's Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel Releases 2017 Annual Report''' The Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel (ASAP), an advisory committee that reports to NASA and Congress, has issued its 2017 annual report examining NASA's safety performance over the past year and highlighting accomplishments, issues and concerns to agency and government officials. The report, released ...

''M18-018'' '''NASA TV to Air Russian Spacewalk at the International Space Station''' Two veteran Russian cosmonaut spacewalkers will venture outside the International Space Station on Friday, Feb. 2, for a planned 6.5-hour station servicing session. Live coverage of the spacewalk will air on NASA Television and the agency’s website beginning at 9:45 a.m. EST. Expedition 54 Commander ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY M18-090'' '''NASA to Host Live Discussion on New Mars Science Results''' The media and public are invited to ask questions during a live discussion at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 7, on new science results from NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover. The results are embargoed by the journal Science until then. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Michelle ...

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

University of California announced completion of pilot model for low-pressure supersonic wind tunnel, while National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA Ames Aeronautical Laboratory placed its low-density wind tunnel into operation about this time.

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 ...

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