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... Agency (ESA) Rosetta mission’s scheduled landing of a probe on a comet on Wednesday, Nov. 12. NASA's live commentary will include excerpts of the ESA coverage and air from ...

Robert H. Goddard flew gyro-controlled rocket to 7,500-foot altitude, near Roswell, N. Mex.

First flight of the AAF GB-1 guided glide bomb, containing preset guidance.

Gen. H. H. Arnold requested Dr. Theodore von Karman to "Investigate all possibilities and desirabilities for postwar and future war's development as respects the AAF." Dr. von Karman organized the AAF Scientific Advisory Group for this purpose.

Bell Aircraft Corp. announced successful test flights of a jet-propelled P-59 by remote control; television was used to read the instruments.

President Eisenhower in major address on science and security announced that scientists had solved the problem of ballistic missile reentry and showed the nose cone of an Army Jupiter-C missile which was intact after a flight through space. He announced the creation of the office of Special Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and the appointment of James R. Killian, ...

Bidders conference held by NASA on manned-satellite capsule for Project Mercury .

USAF DISCOVERER VII satellite placed into polar orbit, but capsule recovery not achieved.

Buck Rogers premiers on CBS radio in the USA.

G. Edward Pendray delivers paper to the American Interplanetary Society "Definition and History of the Rocket".

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