Aug 17 1961
From The Space Library
NASA announced that Explorer XII had successfully completed first orbit, radioing data on magnetic fields and solar radiation from an apogee of near 54,000 miles and perigee within 170 miles of the Earth.
Tiros III spotted two storm cells about 500 miles south and southwest of Hawaii, reports which alerted Honolulu and Guam of these previously unknown potential typhoons.
President Kennedy signed into law the bill providing NASA appropriations for fiscal year 1962 of $1,671,750,000.
USAF Blue Scout launched from Atlantic Missile Range, radio contact lost during the fourth stage with payload intended to reach 140,000 miles into space.
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