Apr 29 1962
From The Space Library
Cosmos IV, Soviet satellite launched on April 26, was successfully landed in a predetermined area, according to Tass announcement. All equipment for research into the upper atmosphere and space worked well during the 1,250,000-mile flight, Tass said.
Spokesman at British tracking station at Winkfield Row said that ARIEL I's "signals are good and everything seems satisfactory." Melvin N. Gough, former director of NASA’s AMR operations and recently chief of the CAB’s Bureau of Safety, was named as director of the Federal Aviation Agency's new Aircraft Development Service.
Cosmonaut Gherman S. Titov arrived in New York City for 8-day visit to the U.S. in conjunction with COSPAR sessions in Washington.
U.S.S.R. was considerably behind the U.S. in facilities and equipment for biological and medical research, Dr. A. N. Studitsky complained in an article in Vestnik Akademii Nauk, organ of the Soviet Academy of Science.
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