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Army Air Service (AAS) was created In the Army reorganization bill signed by President Wilson. AAS consisted of 1,516 officers and 16,000 enlisted men.

Lt. Apollo Soucek flew Navy Wright Apache landplane equipped with P&W 450-hp engine to height of 43,100 feet over NAS Anacostla, regaining world record he held briefly in 1929.

Dornier DO-X, 12-engined German flying boat (which carried 169 passengers on its trial flight), arrived in New York after flying the south Atlantic. A rocket propelled glider is flown by William G. Swan at Atlantic City New Jersey. The glider weighed 200 pounds and was equipped with ten rockets. A second flight took place the next day with 12 rockets.

Maj. Arthur Murray, USAF, piloted the X-1A research airplane, launched from a B-29 to a record altitude of slightly over 90,000 feet, highest so far attained by man.

USAF Thor flight tested for the first time from a tactical-type launcher at Cape Canaveral .

''RELEASE: 10-202'' ''NASA AND ATK SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIVE-SEGMENT SOLID ROCKET MOTOR'' PROMONTORY, Utah -- With a loud roar and mighty column of flame, NASA and ATK Aerospace Systems successfully completed a two-minute, full-scale test of the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The motor is potentially transferable to future heavy-lift launch vehicle designs. The ...

''RELEASE: 13-171 - NASA PREPARES FOR LAUNCH OF NEXT SOLAR SATELLITE'' --WASHINGTON -- NASA's next scientific satellite, which is scheduled for launch June 26, will provide the most detailed look ever at the sun's lower atmosphere or interface region. The Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) mission will observe how solar material moves, gathers energy, and heats up as it travels through ...

''MEDIA ADVISORY M18-090'' '''NASA to Host Live Discussion on New Mars Science Results''' The media and public are invited to ask questions during a live discussion at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday, June 7, on new science results from NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover. The results are embargoed by the journal Science until then. The event will air live on NASA Television and the agency's website. Michelle ...

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