Jul 18 1961
From The Space Library
FAI (Fédération Aeronautique Internationale) officially recognized the first space flight records claimed by U.S.S.R. and the United States: Yuri A. Gagarin (April 12, 1961): Duration in orbital flight, 108 minutes; greatest altitude in Earth orbital flight, 203 miles; greatest mass lifted in Earth orbital flight, 10,395 pounds.
Alan Shepard (May 5, 1961: Altitude without orbit, 115.696 miles; greatest mass lifted without Earth orbit, 4,031.7 pounds.
United States-U.S.S.R. talks began on bilateral agreement on commercial air flights between New York and Moscow.
Saturn SA–T2 booster successfully static tested for 111 seconds at Marshall Space Flight Center.
July 18-20: NASA-Industry Apollo Technical Conference held in Washington, D.C., which assembled Apollo requirements with participation of Space Task Group, representatives of other NASA Centers, and the three Apollo study contractors—General Dynamics/Astronautics, General Electric, and Martin.
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