Dec 17 1962
From The Space Library
Although RELAY power supply remained low, Nutley, N.J., ground station was able to obtain about 10 min. of usable telemetry data from the NASA satellite. Engineers were conducting intensive analysis of telemetry data in effort to diagnose cause of RELAY’s low battery voltage.
Walter C. Williams, Associate Director of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center, said "I can't guarantee we're going to be first [to land a man on the moon], but if we don't try, we're going to be last. Either we have to spend more money on space . . . or change our goals." Williams was speaking at dinner commemorating 59th anniversary of Wright brothers' flight, in Beverly Hills, Calif.
John Stack, former NASA Director of Aeronautical Research and NACA aerodynamicist, was awarded Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy—sterling silver model of Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk airplane—at Wright Memorial Dinner, Washington. Earlier in the day, ceremonies at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, N.C., commemorated 59th anniversary of Wright brothers' historic flight.
USAF launched Atlas-Agena vehicle with undisclosed payload from Pt. Arguello, the vehicle failing in flight.
U.S. Army fired Nike-Zeus antimissile missile in successful development test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
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