Rocket achieved altitude 200 ft above 80-ft tower; duration 5 sec; landed 300 ft from tower. References: 482 .

Tsien Hsue-shen, at the urging of Theodore von Karman, begins graduate studies at the California Institute of Technology. He will continue there for nearly twenty years, first as a student, finally as the Goddard Professor, becoming one of the leading rocket scientists in the United States. References: 31 .