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First flight test of American-assembled V-2 missile V-2 rocket launched by the Army at White Sands Proving Ground , N. Mex. In July firings, Missiles Nos. 5 and 9 set new altitude records of slightly over 100 miles, while Missile 17 set velocity record of 8,600 mph.

Grumman F11F-1F Super Tiger flown to world altitude record of 76,828 feet for ground-launched planes, piloted by Cdr. George O. Watkins, at Edwards AFB .

First Thor IRBM launched by British crew at Vandenberg AFB .

Osterreichischen Gesellschaft fur Raketen-Technik Austrian rocket society is formed in Vienna. Guido Pirquet gives inaugural address.

''RELEASE: 10-125'' ''NASA JOINS WEB CONSORTIUM TO HELP IMPROVE UNIVERSAL ACCESS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA announced Thursday it has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The consortium is an international organization that develops protocols, standards and guidelines to ensure universal Web access. "Standards will play a key role in making NASA's content more accessible on the Internet and in ...

''RELEASE: 13-099 - SOFIA OBSERVATIONS REVEAL A SURPRISE IN MASSIVE STAR FORMATION'' --WASHINGTON -- Researchers using the airborne Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) have captured the most detailed mid-infrared images yet of a massive star condensing within a dense cocoon of dust and gas. The star is G35.20-0.74, commonly known as G35. It is one of the most massive known ...

Arthur C. Clarke attends an "emergency" Science Fiction Association meeting.

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