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President Eisenhower's Christmas message beamed from PROJECT SCORE satellite in orbit, the first voice beamed in from space. BOLD ORION (WS-199) launched from B-58 Hustler traveling at about 1,100 mph over Cape Canaveral , Fla.

White Sands Proving Ground announced missile range firing record: 2,000 "hot" firings in 1 year. First Titan test launch exploded on the pad at Cape Canaveral . New voice and teletype messages were received and rebroadcast on commaad by PROJECT SCORE satellite, and a series of experiments were continued in subsequent days.

Dr. Herbert F. York, Chief Scientist of Advanced Research Projects Agency ARPA , was named as Director of Defense Research and Engineering for the Department of Defense by President Eisenhower.

Federal Council for Science and Technology to be headed by Dr. James R. Killian , Jr., was approved by President Eisenhower. PIONEER III data indicated that the earth is surrounded by two bands of radiation.

Plastic balloon flight No. 1,900 launched by the Balloon Branch of the Missile Development Center at Holloman AFB , a series beginning in July 1950.

Modified Navy Terrier rocket with camera launched to an altitude of 80 miles from Wallops Island, providing a 1,000-mile composite photograph of a frontal cloud formation.

Navy demonstrated first dummy test of Polaris missile from "popup" launcher off San Clemente Island, from submerged launching platform.

USAF Thor-Able missile was launched from Cape Canaveral in a reentry test ; flew short of its goal and the nose cone was not recovered. The nose cone carried a mouse as a biomedical experiment.

NASA-with the Army as executive agent-attempted to launch a 12-foot-diameter inflatable satellite of micro-thin plastic covered with aluminum foil known as BEACON . Launched from AMR by a Juno I -a modified Redstone, the payload prematurely separated prior to booster burnout.

Endowment given Institute of Aeronautical Sciences IAS by Sylvanus Albert Reed for annual award to be given "for notable contribution to the aeronautical sciences resulting from experimental or theoretical investigations, the beneficial influence of which on the development of practical aeronautics is apparent."

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