Oct 18 1961
From The Space Library
NASA Scout fired payload to 4,261-mile altitude, obtaining data on the ionosphere.
First U.S. showing of films of Vostok II space flight by Gherman Titov, before the Maryland Academy of Sciences in Baltimore, was canceled at the last minute by a Soviet Embassy official. Film had been shown to press correspondents in Moscow on October 9.
James A. Van Allen was awarded the Elliott Cresson Medal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, for "his many contributions and pioneering achievements in the field of space science. "
October 18-22: The 20th American Assembly sponsored by Columbia University met to study the problems of space exploration and, in its report, recommended a proper balance with it and other programs in the national interest.
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