Mar 3 1962
From The Space Library
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr., was welcomed in his home town of New Concord, Ohio, by a crowd estimated at 50,000 people (normal population of New Concord, 2,127).
Capsule from DISCOVERER XXXVIII recovered in midair over the Pacific by a USAF C-130 piloted by Capt. Jack R. Wilson. It was his second recovery, the 8th midair recovery, and the 12th recovery air or sea during the Discoverer series. The capsule had been in polar orbit 4 days since its launch on February 27.
NASA selected Sverdrup and Parcel of St. Louis as contractor for the design criteria and initial master planning for the Mississippi Test Facility, the 13,500-acre site that would eventually contain 6 or more static test stands for testing booster stages of Saturn and Nova vehicles.
U.S. NAVY filed claims with Fédération Aeronautique Internationale for new time-to-climb records for the McDonnell F4H Phantom II fighter (which is also slated for USAF service as the F-110), superseding records held by the USAF's F-104 since 1958 and apparently bettering new USAF claims for the same marks based on flights made by the T-38 Talon trainer on Feb. 19, 1962. The Phantom claims: 3,000 meters: 34.523 sec, LCdr. J. W. Young (USN); 6,000 meters: 48.787 sec, Cdr. D. M. Longton (); 9,000 meters: 61.629 sec, Lt. Col. W. C. McGraw, Jr. (USMC); 12,000 meters: 77.156 sec, Lt. Col. W. C. McGraw, Jr. (USMC); 15,000 meters: 114.548 sec, LCdr. D. W. Nordberg ().USN
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