May 31 1962
From The Space Library
Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter returned to work at Langley AFB facilities of the Manned Spacecraft Center after a four-day trip to Colorado. All seven Mercury astronauts were scheduled to receive Peninsula Distinguished Service Awards, a tribute from several civic groups on Virginia's lower peninsula, on June 1.
AEC announced that U.S. would begin "rocket borne" nuclear tests at an altitude of "tens of kilometers" shortly after nightfall on June 1 at the Johnston Island test area.
Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories announced series of three high-altitude balloon astronomy experiments—Star Gazer, Sky Top, and Balast—to be conducted later this year. The primary objective would be to obtain more and complete information about the space environment with emphasis on the moon, Mars, and Venus.
A Blue Scout booster combination space probe was launched from Point Arguello, Calif., by the Air Force. No details were released.
USAF superpressure balloon mode a record-breaking nineteen-day flight at a constant altitude of 68,000 feet in a test conducted by Cambridge Research Laboratories. The balloon was launched from Kindley AFB, Bermuda, and landed by radio command in the Pacific, near Iwo Jima, 3,600 miles west of Hawaii, covering a total of 9,300 miles.
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