Jul 6 1962

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Civil Service Commission ruled that NASA was authorized to hire an "aerospace engineer and pilot," one whom NASA would designate an astronaut, at maximum salaries for Government service grades OS 13, 14, and 15.

Last of 4 solid-fuel Arcas rockets fired at White Sands in NASA Langley Research Center photographic study of deployment characteristics of 15-ft.-diameter parachute for use in measuring atmospheric winds at altitudes from 100,000 to 240,000 ft. Other 40-mi.-high Areas shots were on June 30, July 2, and July 5, 1962.

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