Apr 28 1961
From The Space Library
Little Joe 5–B launched Mercury spacecraft from Wallops Station, which provided abort test under severe atmospheric flight conditions.
Simulated countdown of Mercury-Redstone 3 was completed successfully.
First manned balloon launched from and landed back aboard a naval vessel, a Stratolab High test flight over U.S.S. Antietam in the Gulf of Mexico (6,000 feet).
Final NASA report on the study proposed for Saturn for use as Dyna-Soar booster was presented to the Air Force.
World altitude record for aircraft of 113,891 feet (34,714 meters) flown by G. Mussolov in Soviet E-66A.
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