Feb 1 1960
From The Space Library
NASA Administrator requested another $113 million for fiscal year 1961 to increase large launch vehicle program based on study directed by the President on January 14.
University of Chicago Project ICEF (International Cooperative Emulsion Flights), sponsored by the NSF and ONR, launched 19-million-cubic-foot SKYHOOK balloon to 21.4-mile altitude, capturing ultra-high-energy cosmic ray particles for analysis by international groups of physicists.
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