March 1961
From The Space Library
Announced that National Institutes of Health scientists were growing organisms found inside of a meteorite that fell at Murray, Ky., around 1950; first reported instance of living material, perhaps extraterrestrial, grown in a laboratory.
In an experiment at Boeing, biologist J. D. McClure spent 26 hours in a sealed environment with atmosphere recycled through algae to retain 21 percent oxygen content.
Marine helicopter crews conducted extensive tests to perfect water recovery of Mercury capsule at Langley Air Force Base.
Personnel of NASA's technical and international programs participated in task force study of methods for increasing effectiveness of U.S. international scientific activities.
It was reported that the Institute of Space Technology at Stuttgart, Germany, had developed inexpensive static test stand and fired steam motors producing 30 tons of thrust.
Mechanix Illustrated magazine runs a cover story on the Republic Aviation design for a hard-shell spacesuit for lunar exploration.
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