Diary of Cooper 22 Orbit Mercury Flight Published
L Gordon Cooper Jr describes his 22 day and night Mercury mission in a tape diary released by NASA. The account portrays a lone astronaut afloat in space with images of blue bands around Earth, fireflies from thrusters, and views of Africa, the Indian Ocean, and stars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
L. Gordon Cooper Jr
U.S
Space Agency
John Barbour
Houston
Tex
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Paris
Himalayas
Red China
Wally
Schirra
Orion
John
Glenn
Space
Africa
Atlas Mountains
South Indian Ocean
Cooper I
Saturn
Earth
Venus
Jupiter
NASA funds Texas firms in broad grant list
NASA announced eleven contracts or grants of 50 000 or more to Texas entities. Highlights include a 177 009 training grant to the University of Houston, a 132 000 grant to the University of Texas, and a 300 0000 contract to Martin Marietta for astronaut training time. Ling Temco Vought of Dallas received 124 000 for display system evaluation and 599 000 for truss core fabrications. Other awards covered contractors in Houston, Dallas, El Paso and beyond for tools, equipment, and research tied to space programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Texas
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
University of Houston
Texas Technological College
University of Texas
Ling-Temco-Vought
Dallas
Cocoa Beach
Fila
Gray Tool Co
Houston
International Data Systems
Manned Spacecraft Center
Clear Lake
Houston Engineering Services Co
Ellington Air Force Base
Air Force Continental Air Command
Ellington
Langley Research Center
Hampton
Ling- Temco-Vought
Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt
Texas Instruments of Dallas
General Dynamics
San Diego
Calif
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ACR Electronics
New York
Nla
Beekman Instruments
Schiller Park
Spacelabs, Inc
van Nuys
Control Data Corp
Minneapolis
Norwalk
Thiokol Chemical Corp
Elkton Md
Brown Engineering Co
Huntsville
Ala
Martin - Marietta Corp
Balti
More, Md
Grunman Aircraft Engineering
Bethpage
Beckman Instruments
Fullerton
Western Gear Corp
Lynwood
Electronic Association, Inc
Long Branch
N.J
Philco Corp
Palo Alto
U.S. Army Materiel Command
Saint Louis
U.S. Navy Bureau of Medicine
Johnsville
Elaine Johnson
Vera Brown
Wadsworth Veterans Hospital
Los Angeles
Johnson
Danie Green
Pawnee
Alamo Dee Gee
Jack and Brown
Moore’s Shoe Store
Texas Ave
Mallory
Gresham
Sears
Sian
Roebuck
Dad
Frice
Craftsman Handy
Craftsman
Harmony House
West Texas
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