SPACE SHOT
Second By U.S. Soon
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter — Copyright) CAPE CANAVERAL, May 18. The United States plans to put its second man into space on June 20, reliable sources said today, Associated Press reported. The plan was for a brief sub-orbital flight similar to that made by Commander Alan Shepard on May 5. About June 12, an attempt would be made to orbit an unmanned Project Mercury space capsule.
The second American in space is likely to be either Marine Lieutenant-Colonel John Glenn or Air Force Captain Virgil Grissom, both of whom trained with Commander Sheppard for the first flight.
A Redstone rocket will again propel the capsule into space, and the pilot will then have manual control over different parts of the trajectory and perform some tasks which were not assigned to Commander Shepard, according to the sources.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29518, 20 May 1961, Page 15
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138SPACE SHOT Press, Volume C, Issue 29518, 20 May 1961, Page 15
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