May 11 1962
From The Space Library
NASA announced establishment of an on-site management unit of some 100 persons at the Space and Information Systems Division Plant of North American Aviation at Downey, Calif. It will be an clement of the NASA Western Operations Office of Santa Monica. The Downey office is to expedite NASA contractor decisions and actions essential to development contracts such as the Apollo lunar-landing spacecraft and the second stage for the Advanced Saturn booster.
Problems with space capsule control system could delay MA-7 launch attempt at least until May 19, it was reported from Cape Canaveral.
NASA Inventions and Contributions Board made awards of less than $1,000 to the following NASA employees: Wade E. Lanford, Langley Research Center; Billy C. Hughes, John R. Raskin, Robert J. Schwinghamer, Wilhelm Angele, and Hans G. Martineck, Marshall Space Flight Center.
USAF Atlas ICBM launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., launching conducted by 12-man combat crew of SAC’s 565th Strategic Missile Squadron from Warren AFB, Wyo.
USAF Minuteman launched from silo at Cape Canaveral in successful test flight.
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