Sep 8 1961
From The Space Library
Deep space tracking antenna dedicated by United States and South African officials. Located 40 miles from Johannesburg, the antenna has operated since July in collaboration with Goldstone and Woomera, and tracked Ranger I.
Reported from Stowe, Vt., that unofficial American-Soviet discussions on cooperative space exploration were near agreement, and that internationalized status for space similar to that achieved by treaty for the continent of Antarctica was under consideration. Delegations included seven members of President Kennedy's Science Advisory Committee and six members of the ruling body of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. The Stowe Conference was sponsored by the National Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston, with costs defrayed by the Ford Foundation.
The German science fiction space series Perry Rhodan begins with the publication of the first issue entitled "Unternehmen Stardust" (Enterprise Stardust) written by K.H. Scheer. The story takes place in 1971 with the first landing on the moon by Perry Rhodan an American astronaut. Scheer jointly initiated the series with Walter Ernsting. It would go on to completely dominate the world of German science fiction and become the biggest selling book series of all time, translated into many different languages.
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