Jan 29 1962
From The Space Library
NASA announced selection of three firms to submit, final proposals on the design and development, of the Rift (Reactor In-Flight-Test) rocket stage that would flight-test the Nerva nuclear rocket engine. The firms were General Dynamics/ Astronautics, Lockheed Missile and Space Company, and Martin Marietta Corp. When selected, the contractor would be responsible for designing the Rift stage, fabricating and assembling it at the Michoud Operations Plant, and conducting tests and checkouts related to eventual flight test. The three firms were selected from five who submitted initial bids on January 3, following a first-phase preproposals conference at Marshall Space Flight. Center on December 7 attended by 33 firms.
The last test model of the USAF Titan I ICBM was successfully fired from AMR. It was the 47th Titan I launching from Cape Canaveral, of which 34 were successes, 9 partial successes, and 4 failures.
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