Feb 10 1960
From The Space Library
Department of Defense announced that "mystery satellite" in near-polar orbit since last January may be ejected DISCOVERER V recovery capsule launched August 1959.
President Eisenhower toured Cape Canaveral.
The first meeting of the NASA Space Exploration Council was held at NASA Headquarters. The objective of the Council was "to provide a mechanism for the timely and direct resolution of technical and managerial problems . . . common to all NASA Centers engaged in the space flight program." Present at the meeting were Richard E. Horner, Chairman, Don R. Ostrander, Abe Silverstein, Nicholas E. Golovin, Abraham Hyatt, and Robert L. King Executive Secretary of NASA Headquarters; Wernher von Braun of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency; Harry J. Goett of Goddard Space Flight Center; and William H. Pickering of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Among the agreements were:
- Membership of the Council would be expanded to include the Director of Advanced Research Programs.
- Meetings would be quarterly.
- A Senior Steering Group would be appointed by Homer to resolve policy issues concerning the proposed NASA Headquarters reliability staff. This staff was to develop policies and methods for ensuring the functional reliability of space systems from initial design stage through final launch.
- The Council would decide whether to move up the firing date of the first Atlas-Agena B lunar mission from May to February 1961.
Minutes, Space Exploration Program Council Meeting, February 10-11, 1960, pp. 1, 3-5.
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