May 14 1966
From The Space Library
Gemini 10 spacecraft, manufactured by McDonnell Aircraft Corp., was loaded aboard USAF transport plane in St. Louis for flight to KSC in preparation for launch in summer 1966. (UPI, Wash. Post, 5/15/66, A2)
Potential of US. space program was described by Capt. Robert F. Freitag (USN, Ret.), NASA Director of Field Center Development, OMSF, in a speech before Michigan Assn. of the Professions in Detroit. “Man’s exploration of space, the moon and the planets is potentially the greatest inspirational venture in the history of man, and one in which the entire world can share. Thus, the exploration of the space frontier can well provide the seed for new flowering sparking a Twentieth Century Renaissance, stirring man’s imagination, ennobling his ambitions, and igniting his. spirit with fresh hope and excitement. As the European Renaissance was sparked by the discovery of new continents and seas, so a new Age of Discovery in many arenas may well be awakened by man’s venture into space. . . .” (Text)
May 14: USAF launched two unidentified satellites from WTR with Atlas-Agena D booster. (U.S. Aeron. & Space Act., 1966, 150)
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