Sep 19 1960
From The Space Library
Atlas ICBM fired 9,000 miles from Cape Canaveral to the Indian Ocean in 50 minutes, the second record distance flight.
NERV (Nuclear Emulsion Recovery Vehicle) experiment successfully launched from Point Arguello, Calif., by an Argo D-8 rocket, the first NASA launching at PMR. NERV instrumented capsule reached an altitude of 1,260 miles before landing 1,300 miles downrange where it was picked up by Navy ships 8 hours later. It reached the highest known altitude that any manmade object had attained to be recovered successfully from space.
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