May 4 1961
From The Space Library
ONR Stratolab High V balloon launched from carrier Antietam in Gulf of Mexico reached world altitude balloon record of 113,600 feet, remaining above 104,000 feet for 2 hours 11 minutes, Comdr. Malcolm D. Ross, U.S. Naval Reserve, as pilot, and Lt. Comdr. Victor G. Prather, Medical Corps, U.S. Navy, as observer.
House Science and Astronautics Committee approved $126.6 million additional to the President's space budget, marking most of the increase for the [Apollo program]].
First part of MR-3 firing countdown began at T-640 minutes (7:30 a.m. eastern standard time) and held at T-390 minutes until final countdown began at 11:30 p.m. eastern standard time.
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