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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1962
Page
3
The article notes the landing of Cosmonauts Gagarin and Titov, describing Vostok craft landings and parachute use. It covers U S response, anticipated Gemini plans, and Soviet hopes for lunar and planetary missions in the 1960s and 70s.
At Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center, a 150 member Electrical Workers Union picketed over two nonunion workers status, halting about 40 projects totaling $22 million and prompting a presidential commission to seek an immediate end to the dispute. Contractors called a meeting to resume work.
A 19 year old Russian seaman aboard a Russian vessel off Kodiak Island was evacuated to Kodiak Naval Station Hospital by the US Coast Guard. The transfer occurred after the man suffered acute appendicitis and was shifted from the steamship Arsen to the Coast Guard cutter Storis for transport.
President praises the Soviet two cosmonauts mission while NASA officials debate whether the United States can match twin orbit capabilities. Webb warns 50 50 to reach the moon first as Brainerd Holmes hints at funding boosts to speed Saturn development and study options for more manpower and redundant programs.
Blacksburg V2. Dr Wernher von Braun director of the Marshall Space Center in Huntsville Alabama predicted the United States would land a man on the moon first. He cautioned against complacency noting the Soviet orbital flights impressed but did not signify a breakthrough. He said landing and returning a man requires rockets larger than those currently operational. He oversaw Saturn rocket development at Huntsville.
An expert warned that achieving a moon orbit without landing posed only a 50-50 chance at best for the United States, highlighting the tough race against Russia to send a man into lunar orbit.
Gerald Noland of Seymour Iowa died Wednesday after sliding down a steep snowbank into jagged rocks at Andrews glacier near the YMCA of the Rockies in Estes Park Colorado. The accident occurred miles southwest of the lodge when the man slipped while on a summer outing.
Have your own home right away with the town's classified listings. Discover available property for sale in the local marketplace-style section.
UPI reports a technical problem forced a delay in the Mariner 2 Venus spacecraft launch from Cape Canaveral. The 4474 pound probe was scheduled for next Monday but Atlas-Agena booster issues halted firing. no new date is set, with launch unlikely before late next week or the following week.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower rejected claims the Russians hold a space lead over the United States. In a news conference beamed via Telstar, he cited American satellite testing and predicted U.S. space leadership will come as a matter of course. He noted the telecast had sound issues but video arrived fine.
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