U.S. SPACE FLIGHT
Postponement Possible
( N Z P. 4 -Reuter—Copyright) CAPE CANAVERAL, Oct 1. An unexpected (form which developed last night off Puerto Hico threatened today to postpone the projected six-orhtt apace flight of the United States astronaut, Commander Walter Sc+nrra, on Wednesday. A weather forecast said that the atom was centred about 420 miles east of Puerto Rico with winds of up to M miles an hour. The winds were expected to increase today. The atom waa moving on a path which would bring it into the area in which Commander Sehina is expected to land if he completes only three orbits, the forecast said.
Space agimcy officials said last that a dadstou on the poaaibls postponement of the flight would be made later today. Commander Schirra is due to make the tongeet flight yet by an American af H hours. He will be making three more orbits than did tee United States astronauts, John Glenn and Malcolm Scott Carpenter, but 63 lees than the record number flown by one of the Russian ‘•specs twins.” Major Andrian Nikolayev, in August-
Commander Schirra's fldit is primarily to test the Mercury capsule for its capability of making a projected 18-orbit 24-bour miesinn next
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29942, 2 October 1962, Page 15
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