1958

Events

• The two surviving members of the Vulcan exploration team which crash-landed at Carbon Creek, Pennsylvania are rescued.
• Shannon O'Donnell is born; one of her descendants include Captain Kathryn Janeway.
• October 1 – NASA created to replace NACA.
• October 7 – The U.S. manned space-flight project is renamed Project Mercury.
• October 11 – NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1.

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