Jul 28 1962
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched COSMOS VII into orbit (apogee: 299 miles; perigee: 130 miles; period: 90.1 minutes; inclination: 65° to the equator), announcing that satellite would gather data on the "radiation hazards for long space flights." In address at Wheeling, West Virginia, Thomas F. Dixon, NASA Deputy Associate Administrator, pointed out that NASA and DOD "cooperate closely. For example, we have established a national launch vehicle program to provide the rocket power that both civilian and defense activities require. United States policy demands that every possible effort be made to preserve space as a peaceful resource for all mankind. We must not lose sight, however, of the fact that manned space flight involves facilities, vehicles, and techniques that may well be significant for national defense. . . .
"Our landing on the moon will be a 240,000-mile step forward in the great adventure of space conquest. No one. can say how far we will ultimately go, but I assure you of this—we are on our way to making the United States pre-eminent in space as well as on earth."
National Science Foundation issued "Providing U.S. Scientists with Soviet Science Information," a publication which listed seven firms in Chicago, New York, and Washington which offer for sale the bulk of openly published Soviet scientific and technical literature, including 120 journals available in translation.
Day-long procedural quorum calls in the U.S. Senate prompted by filibuster tactics of liberal opponents of the Administration's communications satellite bill.
James H. "Dutch" Kindelberger, President of North American Aviation (1928-48) and chairman of the Board (1948-date), died in California. After Armistice in 1919, he joined Glenn L. Martin plant in Cleveland with Donald W. Douglas, later following Douglas and supervising the engineering of the DC-1 and DC-2, the first Douglas Aircraft passenger planes. During World War II, NAA built 14% of the U.S. military aircraft including the B-25 and P-51, later the famed F-86 Sabre, and more recently the X-15. Under Kindelberger, NAA's Rocketdyne Division pioneered the rocket propulsion development for Navaho, Atlas, Jupiter, Thor, and Redstone engines. NAA is presently prime contractor on NASA's Apollo Program and the S-II.
Maj. Robert M. White (USAF) was awarded the Flying Tiger Pilot's Trophy in recognition of his record 314,000-ft.-altitude flight in the X-15 rocket. research aircraft.
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