Dec 21 1962
From The Space Library
Governments of U.S. and Canada jointly announced cooperative venture to build data acquisition station for Nimbus meteorological Satellite at Ingomish, Nova Scotia. Successor to Tiros weather satellite program, Nimbus satellites will record meteorological data, including TV pictures, and relay the data back to earth on command; they will travel in near-polar orbit and thus be able to "see" the entire earth every 24 hours. Ingomish station would be staffed mainly with Canadian personnel and would be completed in 1964.
Full-size test boilerplate command module of Project Apollo spacecraft was delivered by North American Aviation's Space and Information Div. to Northrop Corp's Ventura Div., which would equip spacecraft with earth-landing system in preparation for drop tests early next year.
NASA announced selection of 88 colleges and universities to receive graduate training grants for academic year 1963-64. Estimated 800 students in space-related science and engineering would participate in the program, established by NASA to "help achieve the long range objectives of the national space program and meet the Nation's future needs for highly trained scientists and engineers." Project began in 1962 with approximately 100 students receiving graduate training under grants to 10 universities.
Spokesman said that the comsat corporation created by an act of the Congress would be named the Space Communications Corporation by decision of the board of incorporators. The board also decided to lease Tregaron, estate of Mrs. Herbert May and her former husband, the late Joseph E. Davies, as temporary headquarters in Washington, D.C.
USAF announced award of $30 million contract to United Technology Corp. for design, development, fabrication, delivery and flight test of large segmented solid-propellant motors.
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