60th anniversary of Pencil Rocket launch Exhibition

　This year marks the 60th anniversary of the horizontal launch of the Pencil Rocket in 1955, which was the very beginning of Japan’s space development. JAXA will hold a commemorative ceremony and a lecture in cooperation with the city of Kokubunji, where the experiment took place.
　
http://www.u-tokyo.ac.jp/en/whyutokyo/hongo_hi_010.html
http://global.jaxa.jp/article/interview/sp1/index_e.html