Sep 30 1961
From The Space Library
NASA Office for the United Nations Conference headed by Dr. John P. Hagen was closed, effective this date. Continued uncertainty of arrangements for a conference on the peaceful uses of outer space within the United Nations made such a move necessary. Sustained NASA responsibility in this regard was assigned to the Office of International Programs.
Air Force Systems Command announced consolidation of all USAF research and development in bioastronautics under single management. The new Bioastronautics Division, Air Force Systems Command, would have its headquarters at Brooks Air Force Base, San Antonio, Tex.
Two X-15 test pilots, USAF's Maj. Robert M. White and NASA's Joseph A. Walker, were jointly awarded the 1960 Iven C. Kincheloe Memorial Award as the Nation's outstanding test pilots; award of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.
NASA received an additional $10 million for salaries in a supplemental appropriation bill approved by Congress, enough to hire an additional 1,250 persons.
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