Aug 19 1960
From The Space Library
SPACECRAFT II launched into orbit by the U.S.S.R. weighing 5 tons and carrying a biological payload including two dogs.
Second time a manmade object was recovered intact from earth orbit and the first midair recovery of an object from space, when USAF C-119 transport snared the 300-pound capsule of DISCOVERER XIV at 10,000 feet, Capt. H. F. Mitchell (USAF) as pilot of the C-119.
Wirephoto of President Eisenhower transmitted from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to Dallas, Tex., via ECHO I satellite.
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