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The year 1958 in Science and Technology included many events, some of which are included below.

ASTRONOMY AND SPACE EXPLORATION

January 4 - Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from its orbit (launched on October 4 , 1957 )

January 31 - The first successful American Satellite , Explorer I , is launched into orbit.

July 29 - The United States Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA).

GEOLOGY

During the International Geophysical Year , Earth's Magnetosphere is discovered.

AWARDS

Nobel Prize s

--- Physics - Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov , Ilya Mikhailovich Frank , Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm

--- Chemistry - Frederick Sanger

--- Medicine - George Wells Beadle , Edward Lawrie Tatum , Joshua Lederberg

BIRTHS

DEATHS

August 14 - Frédéric Joliot (b. 1900 ), Scientist .

December 12 - Milutin Milankovic (b. 1879 ), Geophysicist .

December 15 - Wolfgang Ernst Pauli (b. 1900 ), Physicist .