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First nonstop flight across the Pacific, begun by Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndon in a single-engined Bellanca, who completed flight around the world in October.

Navy BuAer initiated research program on physiological effects of high acceleration and deceleration encountered in dive-bombing and other violent maneuvers in allocation to Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Pioneer research pointing to need for anti-g or anti-blackout equipment was subsequently performed at Harvard University School of Public Health under the direction of Dr. C. K. Drinker by Lt. ...

A 60,613-foot altitude was reached in Air Corps-National Geographic Society balloon, Explorer I balloon Explorer I , by Maj. W. Kepner and Capts. A. W. Stevens and Orvil A. Anderson.

Boeing Model 299, the XB-17 four-engine bomber prototype, made first flight.

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-155 PENULTIMATE SPACE SHUTTLE CREW DISCUSSES RECENT MISSION'' WASHINGTON -- The last crew to fly aboard space shuttle Endeavour will discuss its mission to the International Space Station -- the penultimate flight of the shuttle program. The astronauts of the STS-134 flight and three members of the station's Expedition 26 crew will be in the Washington area on ...

''RELEASE: 10-212'' ''NASA WANTS TO SHARE GREAT IDEAS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA is seeking information from potential partners who could provide no-cost brokerage services for intellectual property transactions, such as patent brokering, to help transfer NASA-owned technologies into the U.S. marketplace. "Technology transfer always has been an important objective of America's aeronautics and space ...

''Release C15-025'' '''NASA Awards Contract to Support Agency’s Human Spaceflight Programs''' NASA has selected Wyle Laboratories Inc., of El Segundo, California, to provide biomedical, medical and health services in support of all human spaceflight programs at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The work supports ongoing research aboard the International Space Station and helps enable ...

''RELEASE 17-064'' '''NASA Selects Proposals to Study Sun, Space Environment''' NASA has selected nine proposals under its Explorers Program that will return transformational science about the Sun and space environment and fill science gaps between the agency’s larger missions; eight for focused scientific investigations and one for technological development of instrumentation. The broad scope ...

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... ); Goddard Space Flight Center initiated a VAS demonstration project to achieve this objective. In 1981 the VAS demonstration project conducted a ground truth field experiment that provided four days ... Jul 19 1985 19 Jul 20 1985 20 Jul 21 1985 21 Jul 22 1985 22 Jul 23 1985 23 Jul 24 1985 24 Jul 25 1985 25 Jul 26 1985 26 Jul 27 1985 27 Jul 28 1985 28 Jul ...

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