Feb 21 1961
From The Space Library
NASA Space Task Group selected John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. Grissom, and Alan B. Shepard, Jr., to begin special training for first manned Mercury space flight.
Navy [Transit III–B]] with Lofti piggyback satellite placed into orbit by Thor-Able-Star launch vehicle, but satellites did not separate.
USAF canceled recovery operations of Discoverer XX capsule due to technical difficulties.
NASA awarded contract to G. T. Schjeldahl Co. for nine inflatable spheres for Echo program.
Titan ICBM completed 5,000-mile flight, the 20th success in 29 tests.
MA-2 launch from Cape Canaveral, trajectory providing rugged test of the Mercury capsule.
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