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July 15-22: Lockheed Vega, Winnie Mae, piloted in first round-the-world solo flight by Wiley Post , 15,590 miles in 7 days 18 hours 49½ minutes. Airplane contained new type of radiocompass developed by Wright Field engineers.

... Release 15-152'' '''From Mountains to Moons: Multiple Discoveries from NASA’s New Horizons Pluto Mission''' Icy ...

Three Soviet fliers established world distance nonstop record, flying across the North Pole from Moscow to San Jacinto, Calif., in 62 hours.

First submarine launching of Regulus missile, from submarine Tunny off NAMTC.

First jet-powered transport built in the United States, the prototype for the military Stratotanker and later the Boeing 707, flight tested near Seattle, Wash.

''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-144 PRESIDENT OBAMA SPEAKS WITH SHUTTLE AND SPACE STATION CREWS'' HOUSTON --President Barack Obama praised crew members aboard space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station during a call to the docked ships from the White House on Friday. The president saluted the final shuttle mission and everyone who made it possible, and noted it "ushers in an exciting ...

''RELEASE: 10-290'' ''NASA POSTPONES SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY LAUNCH'' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has postponed the launch of space shuttle Discovery to no earlier than 4:05 a.m. EST on Nov. 30. The delay will allow engineers and technicians time to diagnose and repair a hydrogen gas leak detected while filling the external tank Friday morning. They also will assess a foam crack on the ...

''RELEASE 16-077'' '''NASA's Next Mars Rover Progresses Toward 2020 Launch''' After an extensive review process and passing a major development milestone, NASA is ready to proceed with final design and construction of its next Mars rover, currently targeted to launch in the summer of 2020 and arrive on the Red Planet in February 2021. The Mars 2020 rover will investigate a region of Mars where ...

H. Rept. 2166, Conference Committee report on H.R. 12575 published. S. Res. 327 introduced by Senator Johnson of Texas and Senator Bridges and referred to Rules and Administration. Reported out July 23 (S. Rept. 1925). Passed the Senate July 24, 1958. Created a standing Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences.

Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, “Space Research in the Life Sciences: An Inventory of Related Programs, Resources, and Facilities,” Committee Print published.

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