Aug 16 1969
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCXCIIJ from Plesetsk into orbit with 244-km (151.6-mi) apogee, 202-km (125.5-mi) perigee, 88.9-min period, and 51.7° inclination. Satellite reentered Aug. 28. (GSFC SSR, 8/31/69; UN Public Registry; SBD, 8/20/69, 166)
Estimated 250,000 persons watched Apollo 11 astronauts parade in Houston, Tex. Crowd threw confetti, ticker tape, and "moon certificates"-fake $100 and $1,000 paper money-until streets were two to three feet deep in litter. Later, 55,000 persons attended gala in Houston's Astrodome coliseum, which was filled to capacity. Total of 31 astronauts and families rode through cheering throngs. (UPI, W Post, 8/17/69, Al2)
Associated Press said Austin, Tex." Judge John R. Brown had granted request of atheist Madalyn Murray O'Hair for three-judge Federal court to hear her suit against NASA seeking to prevent astronauts on duty from practicing religion [see Aug. 6). (AP, W Post, 8/16/69, A3)
Agnew E. Larsen, space research consultant with Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa." died at age 73. He had received 1930 Robert J. Collier Trophy as member of Harold F. Pitcairn's staff for developing and applying autogiro and demonstrating its possibilities for safe aerial transport. (NYT, 8/18/69, 31; Neely, Pegasus, 12/50, 10)
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