Sep 30 1946

From The Space Library

13 engineers, instrument technicians, and technical observers were ordered TDY from Langley Laboratory to the Air Force test facility at Muroc, Calif., to assist in the X-1 flight research program. Named as the NACA. Muroc Flight Test Unit, this group under Walter Williams was the origin of the NASA Flight Research Center at Edwards, Calif.

The British Interplanetary Society concludes its first post-war year with 269 members consisting of 79 Fellows, 122 Members, and 68 Associates.