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Willy Ley informs the press that Wilhelm Goldau, an ex-member of the VfR may be the man responsible for the V-1 flying bomb. ''Daily Express Aug 8 1944''

... begin at 6:30 a.m. EDT Aug. 19, on NASA TV and the agency’s website, with the spacewalk scheduled to begin at 8:05 a.m. Leading up to the spacewalk, NASA TV will air a briefing from the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 15 ... Pressurized Mating Adapter-2, located on the forward end of the Harmony module. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, ground controllers will use the Canadarm2 robotic arm, and its attached “Dextre” Special Purpose ...

... Charles Bolden will visit the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Pasadena, Calif., Tuesday, Aug. 13, to see progress on two Earth-observing missions currently undergoing preparation for launch in ... two spacecraft are located must arrive at JPL no later than 12:15 p.m. Aug. 13 to don special gear and have any recording equipment cleaned. Media entering the clean ... ’s Journey to Tomorrow exhibit to participate in interactive activities from noon to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Aug 16-17. The traveling exhibit will be on display at the university ...

... nation's economy. Rep. Donna F. Edwards will deliver opening remarks at 8 a.m. EDT on Thursday, Aug. 11, at the University of Maryland's Samuel Riggs IV Alumni Center in ...

August 8-29: Round-the-world flight of the German rigid airship Graf Zeppelin.

... -Air Retrieval (MAR) Demonstration This project will flight demonstrate mid-air retrieval capabilities up to 8,000 pounds, increasing current capabilities by a factor of four. Paired with the NASA Low ...

First flight of the XB-36, the development of which had begun in 1941.

A. L. Berger of Wright Field received the Thurman H. Bane Award for 1947 for work in developing new types of high-temperature ceramic coatings for use in aircraft engines.

First operational emergency use of T-1 partial pressure suit by Maj. F. K. Everest (USAF) in Bell X-1 X-1 aircraft at 69,000 feet; suit's automatic operation saved pilot and aircraft.

X-1A . exploded just prior to time of drop from "mother" B-29, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics NACA pilot Joseph A. Walker was saved and X-1A was jettisoned.

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