Dec 23 1965
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (2MB PDF)
GEMINI VII and VI apparently approached within one foot of each other during their rendezvous, Robert Aller, NASA Chief of Mission Planning, told the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., when he narrated films of the rendezvous. Aller also reported that Gemini VII command pilot Borman appeared to have reentered the earth's atmosphere without his helmet on. Mission rules ordinarily required astronauts to wear their suits and helmets during launchings, space maneuvers, and reentry. (Clark, NYT, 12/24/65, 1)
NASA announced appointment of Bernard Moritz, NASA Assistant General Counsel for Procurement, as Assistant Deputy Associate Administrator for Industry Affairs, S. Neil Hosenball, Chief Counsel at NASA Lewis Research Center, would succeed Moritz. (NASA Release 65-387)
An escalation of the war in Vietnam might consume the military men and equipment currently at NASA's disposal for spaceflight recovery operations, suggested William Hines in the Washington Evening Star. He said that L/Gen. Leighton I. Davis (USAF), head of spaceflight recovery operations, had commented on the possibility: "I'm sure if there were (a diversion from Viet Nam to support space flights) the NASA officials would be the first to relieve us of the requirement for support." (Hines, Wash, Eve. Star, 12/23/65, 27)
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