Magazine:75th Anniversary 1888-1963

Volume 123, Number 1 was released in January 1963 for $1.00. The cover story was written by Melvin M. Payne and was Our Society's 75 Years Exploring Earth, Sea and Sky. The cover image, which was also on page 25, was "Balloonists struggle to clear the falling gondola of National Geogaphic-Army Air Corps Explorer I on its ill-fated flight, July 28,1934".