Nov 1 1961
From The Space Library
New organization of NASA headquarters became effective, which established four major program offices (Manned Space Flight, Space Sciences, Advanced Research and Technology, and Applications), and provided center directors with direct line to the Office of the Associate Administrator.
Reported that the DOD–NASA Golovin Committee was near agreement on hybrid solid-and-liquid fuel rockets for Dyna-Soar. Golovin Committee had been meeting for 3 months to work out families of large rockets for overall national space program.
Mercury-Scout, testing global tracking network, was destroyed by range safety officer after lift-off.
Radiocarbon from nuclear tests had been useful in tracing movements of the atmosphere, reported Prof. Gordon S. Fergusson to the National Academy of Sciences. Studies since 1955 showed that it took 1 year for carbon 14 to move from one hemisphere to the other, once it gets into the lower atmosphere.
Scientists and engineers of Langley Research Center and the Space Task Group were guests of the Peninsula Chamber of Commerce honoring the 46 years of NACA and NASA on the Virginia Peninsula.
Ballute (balloon braking system) reentry test of 500-pound Cree vehicle, launched by three-stage Nike rocket, reaching an altitude of 28 miles and a speed of near 1,900 miles per hour, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
USAF Hound Dog missile launched successfully from B-52 over Atlantic Missile Range and hit target area.
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