Sep 12 1961
From The Space Library
In a speech before the National Press Club, NASA Administrator Webb reviewed NASA's program and outlined the interest in the rendezvous-in-space technique for staging flights to the Moon and nearby planets.
X-15 flown to record 3,614 miles per hour by NASA's Joseph A. Walker at Edwards Air Force Base.
USAF Discoverer XXX launched into polar orbit from Pacific Missile Range.
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