Sep 8 1962
From The Space Library
RL-10 rocket engine successfully static-fired in second test at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Cluster of the liquid-hydrogen engines would power second stage (S-IV) of the Saturn C-1.
Atlas rocket for manned orbital flight MA-8 was static-fired successfully for 11 seconds at Cape Canaveral.
USAF announced Deputy Chief of Staff for Research and Development would be focal point for space projects within the Air Staff. Lt. Gen. James Ferguson, DC/S for R&D, would be responsible for such projects as Midas, Titan III, Dyna-Soar, communications satellites, and NASA liaison and support.
Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, speaking at Danish-Soviet Friendship Advancement Society in Copenhagen, attacked U.S. space projects. He charged U.S. launched satellites which spied on other countries, endangered space travel by its atmospheric nuclear tests, and put millions of copper needles in space, making space research difficult. He added: "I also know a certain country is considering plans to set up bases on the moon from which attacks on other parts of the world can be made."
September 8-22: First NASA exhibit in Europe was displayed in pavilion of Swiss National Trade Fair, in Lausanne.
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