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G. Edward Pendray delivers paper to the American Interplanetary Society "Definition and History of the Rocket".

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 ...

Navy FM seaplane flown by means of radiocompass from Hampton Roads to U.S.S. Ohio at sea.

Adolf Hitler gave the German V-2 missile V-2 program highest military priority.

Four-stage Argo D4 rocket with an Air Research and Development Command ARDC Javelin payload fired from Wallops Island to an altitude of 760 miles, first in a series of USAF-NASA launchings to measure natural radiation surrounding the earth.

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-139 COMPOSER DEBUTS FANFARE HONORING FINAL SHUTTLE MISSION'' WASHINGTON -- Emmy-nominated composer Bear McCreary, known for his television scores, has composed a fanfare specifically to commemorate the final space shuttle flight. After composing four seasons of music for a television show set in space, creating music inspired by a historic NASA mission was a natural fit. ...

Maurice K. Hanson edits the Bulletin of the BIS and announces the formal affiliation of the BIS with the MIS .

British newspapers report that the brains behind the "flying bomb" (reported on May 13 1944 ) was Wolfgang von Chamier-Gliesezenki a Generalleutnant in the Luftwaffe. The story also erroneously reports that he was killed during an Allied bomber raid on Peenemunde.

''RELEASE 17-060'' '''NASA Awards Grants for Research, Flight Opportunities to 22 Universities''' Twenty-two universities across the country have been selected to receive NASA grants for research and technology development projects in areas critical to the agency’s mission. Nine of these universities will have the opportunity to test their research aboard the International Space Station. The ...

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