Jul 28 1961
From The Space Library
NASA and the American Telephone & Telegraph Co. signed a cooperative agreement for the development and testing of two, possibly four, active communication satellites during 1962. A.T. & T. would design and build the TSX satellites at its own expense. and would reimburse NASA for the cost of the launchings by Thor-Delta vehicles at Cape Canaveral. Relationship between this contract and the overall NASA communications satellite program aimed at early development of an operational system was explained at a NASA press conference.
NASA invited 12 companies to submit prime contractor proposals for the manned lunar Apollo spacecraft by October 9.
NASA representatives meeting with Arnold Engineering Development Center (AEDC) fixed the guidelines for the Centaur propulsion system testing program.
Interviewed in the Netherlands West Indies, en route to Brazil, Maj. Yuri A. Gagarin said that his next assignment would be a flight to the Moon. Asked about U.S. efforts, he reportedly stated that "there is a place on the Moon for everybody."
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