Jun 18 1959

From The Space Library

Six U.S. Navy enlisted men began an 8-day experiment in a simulated space cabin at the Air Crew Equipment Laboratory of the Naval Air Material Center at the Philadelphia Naval Base.

NASA authorized $150,000 for Army Ordnance Missile Command studies of a lunar exploration program based on Saturn-boosted systems. To be included were circumlunar vehicles, unmanned and manned; close Lunar Orbiters; hard lunar impacts; and soft lunar landings with stationary or roving payloads.

Senate Staff Report, Manned Space Flight Program, p. 170.