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... -154 NASA ADMINISTRATOR TO ANNOUNCE COMMERCIAL SPACE PROGRESS DURING MEDIA AVAILABILITY AT KENNEDY SPACE CENTER AUG. 23'' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Media are invited to an interview availability and facilities tour with ... '' WASHINGTON -- NASA and the Transportation Department's Maritime Administration (MARAD) signed a memorandum of understanding Aug. 21 to transfer NASA's solid rocket booster recovery ship, M/V Liberty Star, to the ...

... ’s Search and Rescue Mission Office will simulate a severe but survivable plane accident Wednesday, Aug. 26 to test emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). NASA Television will air live coverage of the ... 757-864-9886 or kathy.barnstorff@nasa.gov, no later than 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, and arrive at the Langley gate at 2 Langley Blvd. by 12:15 p.m., Aug 26. In the event of bad weather, the test will be rescheduled. Emergency locator transmitters ...

... , with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, will visit NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston Thursday, Aug. 23, to discuss the future of human space exploration and the agency’s plans to ... website. Media interested in attending the event must request credentials by 1 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 22, by contacting the Johnson newsroom at 281-483-5111. Media Schedule (all times CDT ...

First airplane powered by Liberty engine successfully flown, the L. W. F. Engineering Co.'s "Model F" biplane.

Lawrence Sperry dropped lauding wheels from plane in flight and landed it on a skid device at Farmingdale, Long Island.

Flying Douglas D-558-II (No. 2) Skyrocket research aircraft which had been launched from a B-29 Superfortress at an altitude of 34,000 feet, Lt. Col. Marion E. Carl, USMC, attained an altitude of 83,235 feet at Edwards AFB , Calif.

Speed record for U.S. combat aircraft of 1,015 mph set by F8U-1 Crusader flown by Comdr. R. W. Winslow (USN) over the Mojave Desert.

The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics held its final meeting, and invited Dr. T. Keith Glennan , newly appointed Administrator of NASA, to receive best wishes for the future.

Launching of Mercury capsule mockup from Wallops Station to test the escape and recovery systems; emergency escape rocket accidentally fired 30 minutes before scheduled firing of the Little Joe booster. NASA established Bioscience Advisory Committee, headed by Dr. Seymour S. Kety, to study U.S. capability in space-oriented life science research and development and to recommend future NASA role ...

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