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Old 04-06-2008, 12:51 PM
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Red face 50 years ago: This Month in Model Rocketry History

4/58 Sputnik 2 burned up in the outer atmosphere , upon reentry.

4/58 Sputnik-3 launched.

4/58 A mouse was launched in a Thor-Able “Reentry 1″ test as the first launch in the Mouse in Able (MIA) project. The rocket was destroyed during its launch .

4/58 President Eisenhower proposed to Congress to create a civilian space agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), using as its basis, .the existing National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) .

4/15/58 First MMI "Aerobee-Hi" Model Rocket Kit 001-A, rolls off the assembly line at Model Missiles , Inc 1159 California St, Denver CO and becomes available to the public. This kit contained the Aerobee-Hi model rocket, a 36" 1/8" diameter launch rod, a blast deflector and 6 Type A Rock-A-Chute model rocket motors.

4/18/58 Bell Helicopter News has an article and Cover photo of Menford L. Sutton and his Super-Son model rocket.

4/58 American Modeler magazine article about model rockets By G.Harry Stine, titled, "The Do-It-Yourself Rocketeers". The Cover states: "Safety's the Watchword with the Model Missile Association: The Do-It-Yourself Rocketeers."

4/58 Atlantic City Press publishes article, " Brigantine Is Test Site For Mile-High-Soaring Rocket ; Expert Devises Solid Fuel" Story about Amateur Rocketeer John Rahkonen, future owner of ProDyne.

Some Amateur Rocketry Newpaper Headlines from April 1958:

4/58 LA Times In the San Gabriel Valley, Covina Boys Pool Skills to Build and Launch High-Flying Rockets While they're not aiming for the moon, four Covina High School boys are making a name for themselves by launching homemade rockets

4/58 Washington Post Young Rocketeers Given "Don'ts" by U.S. Experts . Youthful rocket builders should never attempt to build a rocket, mix rocket fuel, load a rocket or attempt to launch it without supervision by an adult expert, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare warned yesterday

4/58 NY Times HOME-MADE ROCKETS HURT 3 JERSEY BOYS; HACKENSACK, N. J., April 4 -- Two New Jersey youngsters were injured severely today in accidents involving home-made rockets. A third youth was recovering from a similar accident yesterday

4/58 Washington Post Children Invited To Rocket Meet

4/58 LA Times High School Gets Rocket License

4/58 NY Times Rocket Blast Kills Four Boys; Four Boys were killed and another seriously injured when they set off an United States Army Rocket they found.


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