Aug 26 1958

From The Space Library

Gen. Thomas D. White, USAF, wrote James H. Doolittle, Chairman, NACA: "There was regret at the passing of an agency that for 43 years has set the world's standard in aeronautical research. . . . There has always been for us in the Air Force, the knowledge that NACA was ready to help in any aerodynamic trouble."

Two mice lived 36 days sealed in a chamber and dependent upon oxygen production of algae in an experiment at the University of Texas.