Mar 24 1961
From The Space Library
Mercury-Redstone successfully flew capsule in 115-mile flight test at Atlantic Missile Range.
Tiros II completed 4 months in orbit and continued to provide useful cloud picture and radiation data. Signal from Tiros II was used on 1,763d orbit to trigger dynamite to break ground for new RCA Space Environment Center at Princeton, N.J.
NASA and United Kingdom's Department of Science and Industrial Research signed agreement covering data acquisition unit in Falkland Islands for "topside sounder," a joint United States-Canada project.
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