Apr 4 1962
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (2MB PDF)
NASA Administrator James E. Webb, speaking before the National Association of Broadcasters in Chicago, cited NASA’s space sciences program as "a quest for fundamental knowledge" without which the applied science and technology "would soon run dry. . . . Suppose we had laid out a program five or six years ago, directly tied to manned space flight. We would never have discovered the Great Radiation Belt, which . . constitutes one of the severest manned-space flight problems we face." Soviet cosmonauts have had changes introduced into their training, including special gymnastics, in an attempt to offset nausea induced by prolonged weightlessness, according to Trud, newspaper of the Central Labor Union.
Army fired Pershing missile 200 miles at AMR, 29th success out of 33 test firings.
AFSC formed the Research and Technology Division, Provisional, to "plan and manage AFSC’s basic research, applied research, and advanced technology and . . . create a broad base of research and technology for rapid use in the development of Air Force aerospace systems." AEC and DOD in a joint announcement designated an 800-by-600 mile area around Christmas Island in the Pacific as a U.S. nuclear test area, effective April 15.
U.S.S.R. was converting a 1300-mph bomber into a transport so it can claim the first supersonic commercial aircraft, Najeeb E. Halaby, FAA Administrator, stated.
James T. Koppenhaver was appointed NASA's Director of Reliability and Quality Assurance, succeeding Dr. Landis S. Gephart who resigned to take a position with private industry.
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