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... /2013 A1, made its closest approach to Mars at 2:28 p.m. EDT on Oct. 19, at a distance of approximately 87,000 miles. That is about one-third of ... Earth. The comet image is a composite of Hubble exposures taken between Oct. 18, 8:06 a.m. to Oct. 19, 11:17 p.m. Hubble took a separate image of Mars at 10:37 p.m. on Oct. 18. The Mars and comet images have been added together to create a single picture ...

... credentialing must be received by Friday, Nov. 9. Foreign national media must apply by Wednesday, Oct. 31. To submit an accreditation request, visit: https://media.ksc.nasa.gov/ Media accreditation questions ...

Media:87-10-23.pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)

Reversible propeller demonstrated at Bolling Field, D.C., by American Propeller Co.

Hughes XH-17 Flying Crane helicopter completed first official flight.

The Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Institute for Flight Structures established at Columbia University for research and graduate training in flight structures, including structures intended for space flight.

International Geophysical year IGY Vanguard prototype (TV-2) with simulated second and third stage successfully met test objectives, by reaching 109-mile altitude and 4,250 mph.

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.

Reinhold Tiling launched a powder rocket to 2600 feet which then descended on a rotor wing to land safely. The launch was at Tempelhof airport in Germany.

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