Aug 25 1971
From The Space Library
NASA's M2-F3 lifting-body vehicle, piloted by NASA test pilot William H. Dana, reached 20 400-m (67 000-ft altitude) and mach 1.05 during ninth flight from FRC. Objectives were to determine aileron effectiveness at speed greater than mach 0.9, obtain stability and control data at mach 0.95 and 0.90, expand flight envelope, and evaluate speed brake. (NASA Proj Off)
Resignation of Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, first man to set foot on moon, was announced by NASA. Armstrong, Deputy Associate Administrator for Aeronautics, OART, would join Univ. of Cincinnati as its first professor of aerospace engineering Oct. 1. He would continue to serve NASA as consultant. Armstrong had joined NASA in 1955 and had served as aeronautics research pilot for NACA and NASA. He had piloted X-15, X-1, F-100, F-101, F-102, F-104, F-5D, and B-47 aircraft and, as B-29 "drop" aircraft pilot, had participated in more than 100 rocket aircraft flights. Armstrong had been selected by NASA as astronaut in September 1962. He had served as backup command pilot for Gemini 5; command pilot for Gemini 8 (launched March 16, 1966), during which he had performed first successful docking of two vehicles in space; backup command pilot for Gemini 11; backup command pilot for Apollo 8; and commander of Apollo 11. (NASA Release 71-159)
PAET Planetary Atmosphere Experiment Test, launched June 20, was adjudged successful by NASA. Test had successfully demonstrated capability of selected experiments to determine structure and composition of an unknown planetary atmosphere from probe entering atmosphere at high speeds. (NASA Proj Off)
Appointment of Mrs. Ruth Bates Harris as Deputy Director of NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Office and Director of NASA Equal Employment Opportunity Program was announced by NASA. Appointment was effective Oct. 4. Mrs. Harris had been Director of Dept. of Human Relations of Montgomery County (Md.) Public Schools. (NASA Special Ann)
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