Soviets Lead in Outer Space Race Ahead of U S
Washington reports the Soviet Union maintains a lead in manned spaceflight capability and plans several ambitious 1963 missions including eight day orbital flights and possible rendezvous tests. Officials note Russia has launched a string of probes with mixed success and may have encountered radio gaps on Mars missions while extending interplanetary communication records.
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Mother View's Blast Off for Cooper in Spaceflight
In TECUSMEH Oklahoma Mrs Hattie Cooper watches her son astronaut Gordon Cooper launch into orbit amid tears and knitwork. Relatives in Shawnee share pride as they follow the 22 orbit mission and the family praises the Lord for a successful start.
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Space flight televised across continents via relay broadcast
United Press International reports Gordon Cooper’s orbital flight watched by Americans and President Kennedy with live telecasts from Cape Canaveral. Europeans saw the mission via videotaped relay, with minute-by-minute coverage, including a Six minute transmission from the relay satellite and high quality footage relayed through Britain to Europe.
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Space Flight Transcript From Faith 7 Capsule Adventure
A Las Vegas Sun report publishes a partial transcript of ground control and astronaut chatter during Gordon Cooper’s Faith 7 orbit sequence from Cape Canaveral. The dialogue covers liftoff, orbital insertion, jettison, and crew banter with Alan Shepard and John Glenn references, plus notes on capsule systems and temperatures.
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