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Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, in a letter to Thomas A. Edison said that the Navy required "machinery and facilities for utilizing the natural inventive genius of Americans to meet the new conditions of warfare." This letter prompted creation of Naval Consulting Board of civilian advisers which functioned throughout World War I, and which included in its organization a "Committee on ...

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.

U.S.S.R. announced that it planned to launch an earth satellite. Bell Aircraft scientist Kurt Stehling proposes the use of a high altitude balloon as the first stage of a space launch. The "Rockoon" would eliminate many of the mass problems associated with space flight. ''New York Times''

President Eisenhower requested $125 million to initiate the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Successful proof tests subjecting humans to over 20 times the force of gravity were conducted, with National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA 's Maxime Faget conceiving concept of the contour couch on centrifuge at Navy AMAL, Johnsville, Pa. This couch became integral part ...

Robert H. Goddard receives letter from Robert Esnault-Pelterie about his book L'Astronautique .

''RELEASE: 12-258 WILLIAM SHATNER AND WIL WHEATON NARRATE NEW NASA MARS CURIOSITY ROVER VIDEO'' WASHINGTON -- As NASA prepares for next week's Curiosity rover landing on Mars, William Shatner and Wil Wheaton share this thrilling story of NASA's hardest planetary science mission to date. The video titled, "Grand Entrance," guides viewers from entry through descent, and after landing. The video ...

H. Rept. 740 , Committee on Science and Astronautics, “Amending the National Science Foundation Act” published to accompany H.R. 8284.

Arthur C. Clarke writes a letter to Leslie J. Johnson , secretary of the newly formed British Interplanetary Society . Clarke was 16 years old and was asking for "particulars" of the society. He went on to say he would like to read the Society's Journal.

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... Crosby over Harper 's Dry Lake, Calif. ''(Clark, NYT, 7/5/64, 44; A&A, 1915-60, 47)'' Reported that new 125-ft. radiotelescope opened at England's Jodrell Bank Radio ... Jul 20 1964 20 Jul 21 1964 21 Jul 22 1964 22 Jul 23 1964 23 Jul 24 1964 24 Jul 25 1964 25 Jul 26 1964 26 Jul 27 1964 27 Jul 28 1964 28 Jul 29 1964 29 Jul 30 1964 30 Jul 31 ...

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