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Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, Chairman of a Sub-committee on Imperial Defence, submitted classic proposal for creation of an autonomous air force in the British military structure.

American-designed bomber, Army Martin MB-1, made its first flight with T. E. Springer as pilot. It became the first standard bomber of the Air Service but did not enter combat, while later modifications of it were used by the Post Office Department.

First Soviet hybrid liquid-propellant rocket successfully fired. The GIRD-09 is built by Mikhail K. Tikhonarov .

Sergeant Lambert of Wright Field, Ohio, became the first person in the United States to be ejected from an airplane by means of emergency escape equipment (ejected from a P-61 airplane traveling 802 miles per hour at an altitude of 7,800 feet).

First firing of Lacrosse "Group A" missile at White Sands Proving Ground WSPG .

USAF Thor-Able -1 launch vehicle with first U.S.- International Geophysical year IGY lunar payload exploded 77 seconds after launch because of a failure of first-stage engine.

''RELEASE 16-087'' '''NASA Prepares to Launch First U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Mission''' NASA is preparing to launch its first mission to return a sample of an asteroid to Earth. The mission will help scientists investigate how planets formed and how life began, as well as improve our understanding of asteroids that could impact Earth. The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource ...

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