Jan 26 1963
From The Space Library
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center announced assignment of areas of specialization for NASA astronauts. Maj. L. Gordon Cooper, flight MA-9 pilot, and Cdr. Alan B. Shepard, Jr., flight MA-9 back-up pilot, would be responsible for pilot phases of Project Mercury ; Maj. Virgil I. Grissom’s area of specialization would be Project Gemini; Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., would concentrate on Project Apollo; LCdr. M. Scott Carpenter’s duties would cover lunar excursion training; Cdr. Walter M. Schirra, Jr., would be responsible for Gemini and Apollo operations and training. As Coordinator for Astronaut Activities for MSC, Maj. Donald K. Slayton would maintain overall supervision of astronaut duties. Specialty areas of the 9 new flight-crew personnel: trainers and simulators, Neil A. Armstrong; boosters, Maj. Frank Borman; cockpit layout and systems integration, Lt. Charles Conrad, Jr. ; recovery systems, LCdr. James A. Lovell, Jr. ; guidance and navigation, Capt. James A. McDivitt; electrical,. sequential, and mission planning, Elliott M. See, Jr. ; communications, instrumentation, and range integration, Capt. Thomas E. Stafford; flight control systems, Edward H. White II; environmental control systems, personal and survival equipment, LCdr. John W. Young. (MSC Release 63-11 ; M&R, 2/4/63, 36)
16-in. cannon shot a 475-lb. instrumented capsule 15 mi. into the upper atmosphere from Barbados, first launching of an altitude probe by gun and first such project undertaken by a non- governmental agency - McGill Univ. of Canada, with support of U.S. Army. Instruments in steel-encased capsule relayed data on conditions in upper atmosphere to ground tracking stations; capsule remained aloft about three min., fell into sea nine mi. southeast of Barbados. (AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 1/28/63)
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