May 26 1961
From The Space Library
USAF B-58 Hustler flown from Carswell Air Force Base, Tex., to Le Bourget, Paris, in record 6 hours 15 minutes, covering distance from New York to Paris in 3 hours 20 minutes. This flight commemorated the 34th anniversary of Charles A. Lindbergh's transatlantic crossing on May 20-21, 1927, and the opening of the 24th Paris International Air Show.
Atlas E fired successfully from Atlantic Missile Range.
May 26-27: First National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space, held at Tulsa, Okla., at which leading American space scientists and technologists appraised the current and future applications of space science and technology for human welfare. It was sponsored by NASA and the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce, with the Aerospace Industries Association, Aerospace Medical Association, American Astronautical Society, American Institute of Biological Sciences, the American Rocket Society, the Electronic Industries Association, Frontiers of Science Foundation (Oklahoma), and the Institute of the Aerospace Sciences as cosponsors.
May 26–June 4: Freedom 7, Mercury spacecraft in which Alan B. Shepard, Jr., made his space flight on May 5, was a major drawing card at the Paris International Air Show. Details of the spacecraft and of Shepard's flight were related to about 650,000 visitors.
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