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Evening star., 1962-05-24
COUNTDOWN SET
NEW RECORD
OF NO DELAYS
By a Star staff Writer

CAPE CANAVERAL,
Fla.-Even the experts
were aStonished by the
rocket that launched As
tronaut Malcolm Scott
Carpenter into orbit to-
day.
"Of well over q hundred"
Aliases launched since the
big birds started flying
about three years ago, no
more than one or possibly
two performed as well as
today's rocket.
The authority for this
statement is B. A. Hoh-
mann, manager Of the
AeroSpace Corp. office
here. Aerospace is the Air
Forces systems manager
for the Atlas.
Mr.. Hohmann said the
flawless countdown today
was unprecedented in the
history of Project Mercury.
There were no delays Of
any kind for technical rea-
sons, he said.
Weather delayed the
launching for As minutes
beyond the scheduled 8
am (EDT) time.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Red Newsnon Finds
He's News at Cape

AS the countdown reached
T minus S, he seemed to share
the mounting excitement that
gripped the rest Of the press
corps arrayed about him at
telephones and behind camera
mounts.
Nervously lighting an Ameri-
can filtertip cigarette, Mr..
Kyncl gripped his microphone
and spoke excitedly in Czecho-
slovakian into a Swiss-made
tape recorder. He augmented
his extemporaneous remarks by
reading occasionally from notes
written on what appeared to
be hotel stationery.
This is a great moment,
isn't it?" asked a British re-
porter at his elbow. "Yes it is -
replied Mr.. Kyncl, "and I hope
everything is okay with Mr..
Carpenter"
do you know that his space
ship is very felicitiously named
as far as Communists are con-
cerned?" he commented.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Carpenter Flight
Reported by Tuss

MOSCOW, May "a (AP).-
TaSs reported the launching in
to orbit today of United States
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Car
penter. Its account read:
"a manned Spaceship, Au-
rora-7, was launched today in
the United States from Cape
Canaveral, Fla, with the help
of an Atlas booster rocket. On
board is the American Pilot
Cosmonaut 1t. Comdr. of the
United States Navy Malcolm
Scott Carpenter.
"The space ship waS
launched at 7:45 am. (EST) -.
as reported by news agencies
Five minutes after the launch
ing the American pilot-cos-
monaut radioed that he was ir
orbit. The program envisages
that Carpenter will circle the
earth three times"
Evening star., 1962-05-24

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla,
May "a APP P).-Everything ap-
parently was in "go" condition
during Malcolm Scott Carpen-
ter's orbital flight today-ex-
cept the sole observer from be-
hind the Iron Curtain.
Karel Kyncl, 35-year-old
journalist from radio Prague,
complained that American re-
porters had bothered him with
so many questions he couldn't
concentrate on the flight.
'NASA was kind enough to
invite me here" he said. flash
ing a resigned smile, land the
American press is conspiring
to keep me from doing my job
All the time I am being inter-
viewed. I am-how you say
getting sick and tired of it.
The Czechoslovakian radio
commentator was the first press
representative from a Com
munist country to accept 9
NASA invitation to watch 6
space shot from the Canavera,
press site.
Evening star., 1962-05-24

at the end of his three-orbit
ride last February 20.
USS Randolph, the carrier
which dispatched helicopters
to pluck Air Force Capt. Virgil
I. (Gus) GriSSom to safety last
July 81 after his suborbital
ride. His capsule sank when
a side hatch blew open pre-
maturely.
USS Lake Champlain, the
carrier which sent helicopters
to pick up Comdr. Alan B.
Shepard, jr., at the end OF
the Nations first manned
space flight on May 5, 1861.
A Navy spokesman at Nor
folk, Va. said the three ships
were not excluded purposely.
The recovery fleet is chosen
from ships which have no
other operations scheduled at
the moment or are operating
in the recovery area and can
be detached temporarily for
the assignment, he said.
Routine Maintenance
If the Noa, Randolph and
Lake Champlain had been
available, he said, they would
be "just as likely, If not more
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Gogurin Extends
Wishes to Carpenter

OSAKA, Japan, May "a (AP)
Soviet CoSmonaut Yuri Ca
garin extended good wishes
today to American Astronaut
Malcolm Scott Carpenter "as
long as the project is for peace
full purposes"
That was Mai. Gagarin's
only remark when asked for
comment on the American
plans to send 1t. Comdr. Car
penter into orbit today.
(Maj. Gagarin, the first man
to orbit the earth, is on a good
will tour of Japan.)
Evening star., 1962-05-24

ing in orbit did not seems to
be the complicated affair many
people had expected it to be
He was not sure plastic-tube
feeding was the best way. In
fact, he said, "a ham sand
wich" would be a good thing
to take along; any food that
didn't crumble in the capsule
should be all right.
So dieticians devised little
cubes Of food about three
fourths Of an inch on a side
which Comdr. Carpenter are ir
orbit.
Reporters got a chance tc
sample the goodies. A fruit
cake concoction was barely edi-
BILE, a cocoanut-peanut mixture
was fair-to-middling, and q
chocolate block was absolutely
delicious.
Comdr. Carpenter was trying
also to:
Study the mysterious Gegen.
schein phenomenon-the tail oi
particles that moves with the
earth in orbit about the sun
One theory suggests that these
are dust particles in a trough
or wake behind the earth.
Find and analyze two misty
satellites of the earth calleC
lunar clouds-there is one or
each side Of the earth. Anc
they are believed composed oi
dust particles
Navigate-on the dark side
Of the earth-by stars at angles
up to 40 degrees on each side
of the capsule, and also USE
Jupiter, Saturn, Mars and the
moon as reference points.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
EXPERIMENTS
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
Comdr. Carpenters orbit, there
is a small amount of air. But it
is such a small amount that a
relatively heavy object such as
the "Aurora-7" capsule is not
impeded enough by drag to
measure the amount of air.
So a feather-light balloon of
Mylar plastic was released at
the end of the first orbit, in
flated with nitrogen gas, and
towed behind the spacecraft.
The balloon, 80 inches in di-
ameter, was affected to a
greater extent than the capsule
by the air drag. The reason is
that its mass (1a pound) is
much smaller in relation to its
cross section (21a feet) than
is the capsules Il ton VS.. 6
feet).
The amount of drag impaired
| to the balloon by the air aloft
was measured by a spring
device on which a long nylon
cord joining the balloon to the
capsule exerts a pull. This pull
was expected to be very small
between 1/100 and 1/1000 Of
pound. But it was expected
to be enough, scientists be-
lieve, to be measured and
enough to deny the balloon an
independent life in space Of
much more than a half hour.
After one orbit, the balloon
was to be cut loose from the
capsule and burn UP in denSer
layers of the atmosphere. 1t
did not cut loose. but seemed
successful in other respects.
The "firefly" experiments
confetti was in the folds Of the
balloon inside a canister before
its release and initiation. The
canister was on the top (nar-
row. part of the capsule.
3. COLOR DISCRIMI-
INATION-The balloon and the
confetti are of various colors-
day glow orange. day glow
yellow, flat white, phoSphores-
cent and aluminium. Comdr.
Carpenter was observing and
reporting on the relative Wis
ibility Of these colors in space.
The purpose of this expert
ment, space agency officials ex-
planned, is to determine what
color to paint spacecraft when
the time comes in a few years
Ito maneuver two of them
together in space.
Comdr. Carpenter reported
day-glow orange and aluminium
had the best visibility.
4. LIQUIDS IN WEIGHT
LESSNESS glass sphere e
partly filled with colored water
was mounted on the bulk
head of the capsules interior
behind and to the Astronaut's
right. He could look at it through
a mirror, and the same camera
inside the capsule that photo
graphed Comdr. Carpenter was
taking pictures Of the sphere.
No one is sure how liquids
behave in zero-gravity for long
periods. Tests made in air.
planes for a matter Of a few
dozen seconds are not regarded
as conclusive.
Does liquid ball up into a
little sphere in the middle of its
container? Does it form a
myriad Of little independent
droplets? Does it wet the walls
of the container? These are
questions which Comdr. Car
penter is asked to answer dur
ing his hours in "zero-G."
The reason for this interest
is that space engineers need
to know about the behavior of
fuel in rocket tanks during
coast" periods. This is par
ticularly important for the
upper stages of the Saturn
moon rockets. Some experts
believe fuel may need a nudge
from a small subsidiary rocket
to get it into the position
where fuel pumps. can push
. it into the engines.
5. HAM SANDWICH" EX.
PERTINENT - After his flight
C01 Glenn reY1narkad that nat,
Evening star., 1962-05-24

so, to be included because they
have had the recovery training
and experience.
But at the moment the Noa
Is in port at Mayport, Fla. for
a routine maintenance period,
the Lake Champlain is on duty
in the Atlantic with an anti
submarine task force, and the
Randolph is preparing for duty
In the Mediterranean.
The recovery force was like
a lifeline, anchored almost at
the launching pad and stretch
ing through the areas where
1t. Comdr. Carpenters Aurora-7
spacecraft was likely to land.
In case there had been some
accident on the launching pad
or moments after liftoff, a
small force under command of
1t. Col. Harry E. Cannon of
the Air Force was ready to
rescue the astronaut. Col Can
mons command consisted of
four helicopters, three Army
light amphibious vehicles and
number of small boats.
Capt. A. F. Blair commanded
the group of Navy ships de-
ployed from deep water just
off shore to the vicinity Of Ber-
muda-an area where the astro-
naut would have splashed down
if something had gone wrong
before his craft could be in
serted into orbit.
Aircraft Included
Capt. Blair's command in
cluded the USS Sturdy, USS
Opportune, USS English, USS
Hank, USS DEWEY, USS
Swerve, and four aircraft.
Spotted in an area from Ber-
muda to about half way across
the Atlantic, and including the
one-orbit landing area-500
miles east of Bermuda, was a
force commanded by Capt. c.
E. Pond. 1t included the USS
Wren, USS Soley, USS Barton,
USS Spiegel Grove and IA
aircraft.
Capt. w. W. Spears COM
manded a force covering the
Eastern Atlantic along the first
orbit track. It included the
USS Hunt, USS Elokomin, USS
Remey and 16 aircraft.
A small force consisting Of
the USS Massey and four air
craft was assigned to cover an
area near the Canary Islands.
Comdr. r. N. Cook was in COM
mand.
In case the flight had ended
after two orbits, force under
the command of Capt. r. E.
Sinnott was responsible for
picking up Comdr. Carpenter
about 500 miles south of Ber-
muda. 1t consists of the USS
Fred T. Berry, USS Bonner and
six aircraft.
Rear Admiral E. R. Eastwood
commanded the force assigned
to pick up Comdr. Carpenter
about 800 miles southeast of
the Cape at the end of three
full orbits. It consisted of the
carrier USS Intrepid, the de-
stroyer USS Robinson and USS
John r. Pierce and Is aircraft.
Evening star., 1962-05-24

The aStronaut'S first words
THE clock has started
were as calmly and firmly ut
tered as they had been three
months earlier by Col. Glenn
AS the rocket rose, Comdr
Carpenter reported that all sys-
TENS in the capsule were work.
ing.
Seconds after entering orbit,
Comdr. Carpenter began exer-
cising the capsules manual
control system so he could
watch the Atlas booster rocket
as it fell away from his capsule.
The control center reported
5 minutes after blastoff that
Aurora-7 was in successful orbit
and could remain aloft for seven
circuits of the globe if neces-
sary. But the mission was
planned for only three orbits,
the same as Col. Glenn'S. Seven
orbits would entail returning
the astronaut's capsule to earth
somewhere in the Pacific, and
would involve the deployment
Of great numbers of recovery
vessels.
Despite the extreme stresses
Of rocket acceleration, Comdr
Carpenter calmly reported on
conditions in the capsule. He
said forces about eight times the
pull of gravity pressed him
against his contour couch-in
effect increasing the weight OF
his lean, trim body eight times
its normal 155 pounds.
Awakened at 2:15
Comdr. Carpenter was awak-
ened in his quarters in the
Cape's Hangar S at 2:15 am
The astronaut breakfasted hall
an hour later with two doctors
and his predecessor in orbit, 1t
Col. John H. Glenn, jr.
Comdr. Carpenters backuI
pilot. Comdr. Walter M. Schirra
jr., was at the launching paC
overseeing operations there.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Astronout Recovery Armada
Poised to Pick Up Carpenter

CAPE CANAvERAL, Fla,
May "a (AP).-An armada
including almost everything
from outboards to aircraft car
riers was spread down the
Atlantic missile range today to
wait for one Navy lieutenant
commander to return from
space. But three proud ships
were missing.
The Mercury recovery force
assigned to pick UP Astronsut
Malcolm Scott Carpenter from
the Atlantic included 20 ships,
more than 70 aircraft, and sew
eral small boats for operations
close to shore.
In command was Rear Ad-
miral John L. Chew, COM
mander of the Navy'S Destroyer
Flotilla 4. He was assigned
to supervise the recovery from
a room in the Mercury control
center at Cape Canaveral.
Unavailable to the force be-
cause Of other duties were:
Evening star., 1962-05-24

i Col. Glenn did on his initia
orbit. Col. Glenn was forced
to control the Friendship Z
manually most Of the last two
orbits.
AS he orbited over Australia
Comdr. Carpenter interrupted
his conversation with the
ground with the bizarre COM
ment. wait a minute while
pick a washer out of the air" +"
In the weightless state that
prevails in orbit, things that
are not tied down float around,
Apparently a loose washer left
in the capsule by a workman
had floated into Comdr. Car
penter's vision.
Over GuaymaS, Comdr. Car
penter asked a fellow astronaut
on the ground, Air Force Major
Leroy Gordon Cooper, to relay
a message to the people of
Mexico. Then, in halting Span
ish, Comdr. Carpenter gave his
greetings to my friends OF
Guaymas."
Wife Watches
Among thousands on hand
to watch the blast-off from
nearby beaches or other van
tage points was Comdr. Car
penter'S pretty blond wife Rene
the first Of the aStronaut's
wives to be near the Cape or
her husbands launching day.
The launching of Comdr
Carpenters Aurora-7 space
craft was phenomenally sue,
cessful. Only weather. per
sistent ground fog-delayed tht
launching. There was no della!
! due to mechanical difficulties
! Less than Is minutes aftel
blast off, with the astronau
! already nearing the African
coast, tape recordings made a
Y the time of blast off werl
played over a loudspeaker a
Y the press site here.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
164 Miles High

His orbital path took him
321a degrees north and south
of the Equator at attitudes that
ranged from a low of 80 miles
to a high of about 164 miles
Each orbit was taking 1892
minutes.
Before he had completed his
first orbit, Comdr. Carpenter
noticed "fireflies" in space.
He reported one luminous
particle and there's another
as he passed over Guaymas,
Mexico, toward the end of the
first orbit.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
ual control systems. respec.
tivnly
Used Almost Half

udI COIlLIOl SySUeulS, T6Sp6C'
lively.
Used Almost Half
The fact that he had used
almost half of the manual fuel
supply in less than half the
planned mission time was par
ticularly alarming.
At the same stage In his
February 20 flight, AStronaut
Glenn had fuel levels of 80/100,
meaning that he had used only
20 per cent of his automatic
fuel and virtually none of his
manual.
1t was recalled that Col.
Glenn ran out of automatic
fuel during re-entry and moved
to release his parachutes early
on that account.
Orders From Australia
About half an orbit after he
reported on his fuel levels,
Flight Director Christopher Co.
lumbus (Chris) Kraft in the
Mercury Control Center here
ordered Astronaut Donald K.
Slayton, on the ground at
Muchea, Australia, to tell him
to stay on manual; If he comes
down any lower we are going
to end the flight"
The decision to end the flight
would have had to be made nc
later than HAS am. as the
spacecraft came within range
of a tracking station north
west Of Los Angeles. BY this
time, it had been decided thai
the flight could safely con-
tinue.
He completed the first O
three planned orbits of tn,
earth at 1919 am, the SeconC
at 1883.
l After an almost flawles
countdown marred only by 4
minutes of delay on account o
weather, the 37-year-old Nav
lieutenant commander was sho
, into an orbit that virtual
, duplicated that of Col. Glenr
SO days ago.
! Five minutes after launching
: when his huge 10-millio
: horsepower Atlas rocket ha
done its work, Comdr. Car
l penter was SO miles above tn
Atlantic Ocean. 500 miles eas
= of here, travelling at the fan
= tastic speed of 292 miles
7 minute.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Dispatched COpters

USS Noa, the destroyer which
lifted 1t. Col. John H. Glenn,
jr., and his Friendship Z space
craft out of the Atlantic 800
miles southeast of the Cape,
Evening star., 1962-05-24
Fuel Problem

The fuel consumption of the
position control jets in Comdr
Carpenters capsule alarmed
flight controllers on the ground
at the beginning of the second
orbit.
The astronaut reported hy-
drogen peroxide fuel levels of
"51/68" as he passed over the
Canary Islands about / hour
and so minutes after launch
ing. The figures referred to
the percentage Of fuel remain
ing in the automatic and man.
Evening star., 1962-05-24
A Bit of Trouble

Although the countdown,
blastoff and orbital injection of
Aurora-7 were carried off ex-
ceptionally well, the early
stages of the flight were not
without indications of trouble.
His space suit became un-
comfortably warm over Aus
tralia about so minutes out,
but this was corrected by the
time he passed over the west
coast of North America 35
minutes later.
AS Aurora-7 came within
range of the mid-Pacific Can
ton Island tracking station,
medical monitors on the ground
received indications that his
body temperature was increas-
ing. This was checked and
found to be a false indication.
Releases Balloon
At the end of the first Or
bit, as he passed over Cape
Canaveral, the astronaut re-
leased the plastic balloon which
was to test air drag in the
extremely tenuous atmosphere
at that altitude.
Following blast off, Comdr
Carpenter reported the Aurora
rs status "go in all respects. Z"
He made this report to the
station at Canary Islands about
Is minutes after lift off.
Comdr. Carpenter reported
no problems with the capsules
automatic control system as
Evening star., 1962-05-24

Continued From Page AL
during the equivalent period Of
Col. Glenn's flight last Feb
rusry 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-20
ZwoIok Eyes Nationals
After Triumph in IC-4A

NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (AP) i.
Vic zwolak, who doesn't even
pant when he has finished run
ming 5 miles, set his sights
today on the NCAA cross
country championship next
Monday at Michigan State.
Zwolak, a Villanova junior,
won the IC-4A title yesterday
and in the process led the
Wildcats to their first team
victory in the long history Of
the event. He covered the s.
mile Van Cortlandt Park course
In "a minutes 47.3 seconds.
II think I have a chance in
the national championships, -
he said. There are a couple
of tough guys I've got to watch
out for like Dale Story of Ore
gon State, the defending cham
pion, and Tom O'Hara of 10y
ola Of Chicago"
Sullivan Falters
He also said he thought the
Villanova team could dethrone
Oregon State for the title.
We'll do better there than
we did in the IC-4A meet" the
chunky, 21-year-old ex-Marine
said. For one thing, we'll get
more help from Tom Sullivan.
The 20-year-old Sullivan, who
made headlines two years ago
when he clicked a 4:03.5 mile
as a Schoolboy and won the
freshman competition last year,
staggered in Goth. Had he
faltered much more Villanova
would not have whipped Mich
igan State, the defending
champion, 1853.
Next, in order, came Notre
Dame lat, Seton Hall ITO, and
Georgetown 1877. Navy was 10th
at 262.
ZwOlak Opens Up
Zwolak finished about 200
yards in front of teammate Pat
Traynor. They grabbed the lead
at the start and hit the 3-mile
mark practically arm-in-arm in
14:41.9.
At 4 miles, back in the hills,
zwolak opened up and length
ened his margin with every
step. His clocking was the fast
est since the course was sur
yeyed to measure exactly
miles three years ago.
Dave Hylan was 10th for the
Wildcats and Owen Mcclure
was 18th.
Paul Minehan of La Sale OF
Philadelphia won the college
division race in 26:28.9 anc
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-20
Potomac Hockey Team
Plays at Home Friday

The Potomac amateur ice
hockey team returns to the
Washington Coliseum Friday
night for its first home appear
ance after splitting two games
on the road.
The Potomacs will meet the
Elizabethtown (Pa.) Hornets
at $3.50 following a game be-
tween the Washington Junior
Rangers (16-and-under) and
the Westview junior hockey
team of Baltimore starting at
z o'clock.
After being outclasSed, 1911,
by st. Nick's of Brooklyn in
their opener, the Potomacs re-
turned to the same site, Asbury
Park, and edged the Baltimore
Clippers, 7-6, Saturday night.
Elizabethtown, led by Center
Don Foreman and Wing Bob
Gesford, won its only start and
is expected to be as tough as
last years when it beat the
Potomacs twice by one-goal
margins.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-20

Coaches are reluctant to
make changes, especially when
the guy on the field is, a sea-
Soned campaigner who has got
ten them out of trouble before.
We've always commended, that
when a player, especially g.
quarterback, is having a bad
day. a change can't hurt. Brown
proved it.
With four games to go and
the Eastern Division race still
undecided, the Redskins would
be foolish to tear up their care
fully thought out and Just as
carefully rehearsed plans
simply to make a change in the
lineup. But if Norman Snead
happens to have an off day
we say try Galen Hall or
George Izo for a change. May
be they'll be as lucky as Brown.
If the running attack doesn't
click, put in Leroy jackson. It
was good to see jackson get a
chance in Pittsburgh even
though he lost six yards. We