1976, July 2 – National Mall Outside the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution – Washington, DC – Gerald R. Ford, Nelson A. Rockefeller, Warren Burger, S. Dillon Ripley, Michael Collins, Others – standing, watching robot arm cut ribbon after receiving signal from VIKING Spacecraft – Bicentennial Event – Ribbon Cutting Ceremony at the Dedication of the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution- Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; Director, Air and Space Museum
Today in History – September 30, 1950 – 1st Congress of the IAF (international Aeronautic Federation) in Paris. (1)
30 September 1950 – The International Astronautical Federation (IAF) was founded in 1951, when scientists from the field of space research gathered in an attempt to ensure a constant dialogue between the space nations, regardless of political turmoil. In its early years, the Federation and its annual International Astronautical Congresses – better known as the