Mar 9 1962
From The Space Library
In a Pentagon ceremony, Lt. Col. John H. Glenn, Jr., was awarded the Navy's astronaut wings and a new Marine Corps device—a winged rocket superimposed on a globe—that would also be given to all future Marines who orbited the earth in a space capsule.
Titan II underwent a successful 20-second full-power captive firing at Cape Canaveral and was considered ready for its first flight test in about a week. USAF-developed Titan II produced 430,000 lbs. thrust in its 1st stage; the 2nd stage would add another 100,000 lbs. thrust; compared with 400,000 lbs. for the Atlas E and 380,000 for Titan I. Titan II, already selected as booster for NASA’s 2-man Gemini capsule, burns storable fuels that emit a stream of hot, clear gases rather than flame.
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