Jul 24 1963
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (2MB PDF)
William E. Stoney, Jr., appointed Chief of Spacecraft Technology Div. Of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center's Office of Engineering and Development. Stoney previously was chief of Advanced Vehicle Conceptual Studies in NASA Hq. Office of Advanced Research and Technology. (MSC Release 63-20; MSC Space News Roundup 8/7/63, 6)
USAF announced orbiting on June 27 of 176-lb. HITCHHIKER satellite to measure distribution and energies of radiation particles in earth's magnetic field and upper atmosphere, Ejected from an other satellite (unidentified) launched from Vandenberg AFB June 27, HITCHHIKER was propelled by its own engine into elliptical orbit July 1: 208-mi. perigee, 2,568-mi. apogee, 132-min. period, 82° inclination to the equator. (DOD Release 1042-63)
Paul Bikle, Director of NASA FRC, piloted glider from Hailey, Idaho, to Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada, for an unofficial national soaring distance record of 545 mi. (AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 7/25/63, 2)
Manned Spacecraft Center was scheduled to complete its move into the new Clear Lake complex by July 1, 1964. Complete plans for the move had been laid out in a Master Move Plan. (Space News Roundup,1/8/64, 2)
USAF launched Minuteman ICBM from underground silo on test flight down Atlantic Missile Range. (DOD Release 1055-63)
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