Jun 13 1961
From The Space Library
NASA Engineer Test Pilot Joseph A. Walker, who hit record altitude of 169,600 feet on March 30 and record speed of 3,300 miles per hour on May 25 in the X-15, received the 1961 Octave Chanute Award at IAS meeting in Los Angeles.
June 13-25: Freedom 7 Mercury capsule displayed to approximately 750,000 visitors at the Rassegna International Electronic and Nuclear Fair at Rome, Italy.
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