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This satellite observation program forms the first effective use of the recent moving of the Smithsonian to Cambridge, where it can work jointly with Harvard. Fred L. Whipple and J. Allen Hynek, the two men ultimately responsible for the tracking program, hold joint appointments. Whipple, the Director of the Smithsonian, is Professor of Astronomy, while Hynek, the Associate Director in charge of the tracking program, is Visiting Professor of Astronomy. This is the sort of cooperation envisioned when, in May 1955, it was announced that the Smithsonian was moving its headquarters to Cambridge.Special MOONWATCH telescope provides a 12 1/2 degree...
...Conn., 750 mi. from Chicago, Lieut.-Commander Thomas G. W. ("Tex") Settle, pilot of the Navy bag and winner of last year's race from Basle, Switzerland, was far in the lead. Then out of the wilds of Quebec, bearded and exhausted, trudged the Polish entrants, Captain Francizek Hynek and Lieut. Zbigniev Burzynski. They had descended about 102 mi. northeast of Rivére Á. Pierre, followed moose paths and bashed through thick forests to Lemieux on the railroad. Their flight was estimated at about 1,050 mi. (The record...
Still sailing northwards were: Ward T. Van Orman & Frank A. Trotter (U. S.); Lieut.-Commander Thomas G. W. Settle (last year's winner) & Charles H. Kendall (U. S.) who wirelessed that they were approaching Lake Huron; Philippe Quersin & Martial van Schelle (Belgium); Captain Franciszek Hynek & Lieut. Zbigniew Burzynski (Poland). A steamer sighted an unrecognized balloon over the Straits of Mackinac...