Oct 22 1962
From The Space Library
President Kennedy addressed the Nation concerning the Cuban crisis, pointing to the "unmistakable evidence" of preparation of missile sites, the purpose of which "can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere." President Kennedy demanded removal of Soviet offensive missiles and bombers from Cuba. Two days later, U.S. began naval quarantine of Cuba.
Report of Soviet dual space flights VOSTOK III and VOSTOK IV, published in Pravda, disclosed the minimum distance between the two orbiting spacecraft had been 6.5 km. (about 4 mi.), a revision from 5 km. as earlier estimated. On radiation, Pravda said maximum dose for both cosmonauts was 11 millirad. Total dose incurred by Maj. Nikolayev was 43 millirad and by Col. Popovich, 32 millirad; Pravda described these dosages as "absolutely safe." USAF announced names of 10 additional officers to be trained as space pilots, engineers, and program managers for X-20 (Dyna-Soar) manned space flight programs: Capt. Alfred L. Atwell; Capt. Charles A. Bassett; Maj. Tommie D. Benefield; Capt. Michael Collins; Capt. Joe M. Engle; Maj. Neil R. Garland; Capt. Edward G. Givens; Capt. Francis G. Neubeck; Capt. James A. Roman, Capt. Alfred H. Uhalt.
DOD postponed launch of Anna geodetic satellite to Oct. 24, for undisclosed reason.
Lunar and Planetary Laboratory of University of Arizona, directed by Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper, reported its analysis of lunar photographs taken by LUNIK III differed with that announced by Soviet scientists. The most extensive feature of moon's far side, photographed in 1959, was named "The Soviet Mountains"; this feature was identified by the Arizona laboratory as an elongated area of bright patches and rays, possibly flat. Another feature was named the "Joliot-Curie Crater" by Soviet scientists, but it was re-identified by the Arizona laboratory as Mare Novum (New Sea), first identified by German astronomer Julius Franz near the turn of the century.
U.S.S.R. exploded nuclear device at high altitude above central Asia, with "yield of a few hundred kilotons," AEC announced. Unnamed official sources indicated the explosion created a new artificial radiation belt around the earth, probably high within the earth's natural radiation belts.
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