December 1960
From The Space Library
World Data Center A, Rockets and Satellites, of the National Academy of Sciences, continued to provide a means for International exchange of scientific data.
JPL turned the Army Sergeant missile over to Sperry Gyroscope Co. as production contractor.
Through a contract with the University of Chicago, the USAF's Aeromedical Field Laboratory and Missile Test Center developed a system for ascertaining the types and intensities of primary cosmic particles in space.
NASA launching record for the year: 22 major space flight attempts, over two-thirds of which were fully successful.
World's scheduled airlines (excluding U.S.S.R. and Communist China) carried 108 million passengers during the year according to ICAO, the first year air passenger traffic exceeded 100 million persons.
“The Long, Lonely Leap” article appears in National Geographic Magazine
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