Jun 9 1962

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Titan I liquid-fueled engine strapped to the side of a 175-ton solid-fuel rocket engine and the configuration test-fired by Aerojet-General Corp. to evaluate the compatibility of liquid and solid engines for the USAF’s Titan III space booster. The configuration generated 700,000 lbs. of thrust.

Joseph A. Walker, Chief Research Pilot for NASA’s Flight Research Center, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Aeronautical Sciences degree from Washington and Jefferson College, Washington, Pa. Walker had been graduated from Washington and Jefferson in 1942 with a major in physics.

Astronaut Scott Carpenter received a B.S. degree in aeronautical engineering from the University of Colorado, a degree he missed in 1949 by not taking the final examination in a course in heat transfer. He also received the school's Norlin Award, given annually to an alumnus for outstanding achievement.

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