Nov 23 1960
From The Space Library
X-15 (No. 2) flown on second test flight with XLR-99 engine by A. Scott Crossfield, restarting the engine in flight for the first time.
TIROS II weather satellite launched by Thor-Delta at AMR, the 14th successful U.S. satellite launched to date in 1966.
In a letter to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences, NASA Administrator Glennan defined low-altitude (orbits of 2,000 to 6,000 miles) active communications satellite development to "stimulate those developments which promise early benefits to our citizens.
Plastic balloon launched from Sioux Falls, S. Dak., with University of Michigan instrument package designed to take cloud pictures to compare with those taken by cameras in TIROS II.
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