Aug 14 1961
From The Space Library
Navy barge Compromise, carrying first Saturn booster, stuck in the mud in the Indian River just south of Cape Canaveral. Released several hours later, the Saturn was delayed only 24 hours in its 2,200-mile journey from Huntsville.
Swedish scientists fired a U.S. Areas rocket to 55.8-mile altitude from Arctic Circle test range at Vidsel.
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