Apr 19 1961
From The Space Library
Preliminary data from Explorer X disclosed at NASA indicated that solar winds blow the Sun's magnetic field out past the orbit of the Earth.
Dr. Thomas Gold, of Cornell University, submitted that water exists on the Moon, perhaps shielded from evaporation by a layer of ice below the surface, in a paper given at American Physical Society.
Lincoln Laboratory's radar system near El Campo, Tex., began 32-day radar contact with the Sun, ending on July 7. Variations in solar activity were determined to have a corresponding effect upon the reflectivity of radio waves transmitted to the Sun from Earth.
Scientists from the United Kingdom and NASA announced agreement on the scientific instrumentation of a second United Kingdom satellite to be launched by NASA with a Scout vehicle.
Polaris fired more than 1,100 miles from submerged U.S.S. Robert E. Lee.
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