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Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, tested sextant equipped with a pendulum-type artificial horizon and reported that pendulum type was unsatisfactory for aircraft use, but that a sextant with a gyroscopically stabilized artificial horizon might be acceptable.

AAP A-20's from Hollandia set fire to Japanese oil fields at Boela, Ceram, in the first use of rocket bombs in the Southwest Pacific.

National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA 's Executive Committee directed its laboratories to begin study of problems likely to be encountered in flight beyond the atmosphere, which in May 1954 resulted in decision in favor of manned research vehicle and National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA 's proposal to the Air Force that such a vehicle be developed.

Martin P6M Seamaster, sweptwing powered with four J-71 engines, made first flight, initially demonstrating great promise for minelaying and reconnaissance missions.

Navy Sidewinder missile first deployed wlth Sixth Fleet in Mediterranean and to the Seventh Fleet in August.

U.N. Assembly Document No. A/4141, Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, was released.

The Central Council of the Osoaviakhim issues an order setting up a base for the MosGIRD for the development of rockets and rocket engines.

L. Korneyev of the Stratosphere Committee of the All-Union Scientific Aviation Engineering and Technical Society in Moscow announces that he has developed a new rocket capable of reaching 40 miles altitude. ''New York Times''

"Expect Voyage to Moon Will Be Made by Rockets" article with an interview with G. Edward Pendray of the American Rocket Society appears in the Toronto Star. The article shows a mail rocket launch from the Isle of Wight in England and a young rocketeer named Maurice Poirier showing off his 11 foot tall rocket. ''Toronto Star''

''RELEASE: 11-227 NASA INTERNSHIP EXPOSES TEACHERS TO AEROSPACE ENGINEERING HAMPTON, Va. --'' An innovative summer internship program will give 42 U.S. middle and high school teachers a unique opportunity to gain hands-on experience with NASA's latest aerospace engineering technologies while working closely with agency technical mentors. From July 18-29, those selected for the Simulation-Based ...

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