Mar 6 1961
From The Space Library
First NASA Agena B vehicle entered checkout of systems and subsystems at Lockheed, Sunnyvale, Calif.; vehicle scheduled to launch Ranger I.
Department of Defense decision indicated that perfected military space vehicles would be assigned to each service which demonstrated an operational need for them, thus giving USAF major responsibility for military space development.
Direct-mode pictures by Tiros II camera were resumed after a month of in operation. The quality of the pictures showed some slight improvement, supporting the theory that foreign matter may have been deposited on the lens and was gradually evaporating.
Equipped with turbofan engines, B-52H made its first flight at Wichita, Kans.
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