Jul 7 1962
From The Space Library
U.S. detonated a low-yield nuclear device in the first aerial test within continental U.S. since 1958. AEC and DOD said the purpose of the explosion, which occurred a few feet above ground at the Nevada test site, was to test the effects of nuclear weapons.
Bell Telephone Laboratories (BTL) announced that Telstar, first privately owned communications satellite, would be launched July 10 from Cape Canaveral. BTL built the satellite, purchased the Thor-Delta launch vehicle from NASA, and would reimburse NASA for launching and tracking costs.
Ryan project engineer Willis F. Everest was slightly injured in crash of Ryan Flexwing aircraft undergoing flight-test research at Langley Research Center (LaRC). 40-ft.-wingspan aircraft based on the Rogallo concept had completed aerodynamic tests in Langley Research Center's full-scale wind tunnel and was to be flight tested by LaRC and the Army Transportation Research and Engineering Command.
DOD released a report indicating that underground nuclear explosions were more easily detected than had been known previously. This new knowledge was based on seismic studies of current U.S. underground tests in Nevada.
Soviet E-166 aircraft was flown an average speed of near 1,660 mph in a two-way flight at 47,000 ft. over a 15-to-25-km. course near Moscow, by Lt. Col. Georgy Mosolov according to 'Pass. If confirmed by FAI, the flight would break record set in November 1961 by McDonnell F4H of 1,606.342 mph flown by Lt. Col. Robert G. Robinson (USMC).
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