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... applications. The technology holds tremendous potential for future space exploration. One day, 3-D printing may allow an entire spacecraft to be manufactured in space, eliminating design constraints caused by the challenges and mass constraints of launching from Earth. This same technology may help revolutionize American manufacturing and benefit U.S. industries. The president's Advanced Manufacturing Initiative ...

... stored in the forest, but also the accuracy of the estimate." The study was published May 30 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Deforestation and forest degradation contribute ...

First German Zeppelin raid on London. British employed rockets in their defenses around London.

First use of helium in a free balloon in Navy balloon flown by Lt. Comdr. J. P. Norfleet in National Elimination Balloon Race at Milwaukee, which did not place in the race.

A pilotless airplane was successfully flown by radio control from another plane at Houston, Tex.

Goddard rocket attained altitude of 7,500 feet in New Mexico.

First launching of the experimental VB-7 vertical bomb, incorporating television.

Army Jupiter missile Jupiter IRBM was fired 1,500 miles, limit of its designed range, and to an altitude of 250-300 miles, the first successful launching of an IRBM.

"Science Review" issue 5 publishes Konstantin Tsiolkovsky 's early rocketry paper. Image:tsiolkovsky 1903 science review 5.jpg 100px

''MEDIA ADVISORY M17-065'' '''NASA TV Coverage Set for Return of Two Space Station Crew Members''' Two crew members on the International Space Station are scheduled to depart the orbital outpost Friday, June 2. Coverage of their departure and return to Earth will air live on NASA Television and the agency’s website beginning Thursday, June 1, with the space station change of command ceremony. ...

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