X-2OA DYNA-SOAR PROGRAM REP0RT, l JULY 1961-30 JUNE 1962

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X-2OA DYNA-SOAR PROGRAM REP0RT, l JULY 1961-30 JUNE 1962

1961-1962

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/68685

Summary: Coverage of progress in X-20A program, showing fabrication and tests of mechanical, electrical and hydraulic subsystems; tests of mockup glider and booster compatibility; tests of life support equipment; examination of flight simulator by Major Robert White and Capt Virgil Grissom. Reel l: (Unclassified) Cockpit configuration and pressure suit evaluation meeting--Commander Walter Schirra and Neil Armstrong are wearing pressure suits. 46l' Temperature tests of rear span and adjacent panels at 2000F. 561' Thermal and fatigue strength tests of panel erosion shield at 2700F. 607' Skin panel flutter tests. 790' Fabrication of skin panel sections and insulation strips. 926' Rudder Servo development tests at 1600F. 977' Total footage in reel. Reel 2: (Unclassified) Rupture tests of 17" cryogenic fluid tanks at Boeing Tulalip Test Site. 15l' Fabrication of 17" cryogenic fluid tank. 334' Testing flow and pressure in two-phase nitrogen tank. 402' Plasma jet test of molybdenum and graphite leading edge segments at 2700F, 3000F and l500 PSI. Good (Basic: Orig ektachrome)

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Armstrong, Neil, 1930-2012

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Neil Alden Armstrong (b. August 5, 1930, Wapakoneta, OH - d. August 25, 2012, Cincinnati, OH) was an American aviator and a former astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, and United States Naval Aviator. He was the first person to set foot on the Moon. ...

Grissom, Virgil I. (Virgil Ivan), 1926-1967

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Virgil Ivan "Gus" Grissom (b. April 3, 1926-d. Jan. 27, 1967) was born in Mitchell, Indiana. An Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, received his wings in March 1951. He flew 100 combat missions in Korea in F-86s with the 334th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and, upon returning to the United States in 1952, became a jet instructor at Bryan, Texas. In August 1955, he entered the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, to study Aeronautical Engineering. He attended the T...

Schirra, Wally, 1923-2007

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Wally Schirra (b. Walter Marty Schirra Jr., March 12, 1923, Hackensack, New Jersey-d. May 3, 2007, San Diego, California), astronaut. He was one of the seven Mercury Astronauts named by NASA in April 1959. On October 3, 1962; he piloted the six orbit Sigma 7 Mercury flight; a flight which lasted 9 hours, 15 minutes. Schirra next served as backup command pilot for the Gemini III Mission and on December 15-16, occupied the Command Pilot seat on the history-making Gemini 6 flight. The highlight ...