Feb 7 1972
From The Space Library
Experiment turn-on and checkout of Heos 2 Highly Eccentric Orbit Satellite (launched by NASA for European Space Research Organization Jan. 31) was completed and spacecraft became fully operational. Heos 2 carried seven experiments to study interplanetary physics and high-latitude magnetosphere. (NASA Release 72-29)
U.S.S.R.'s Luna 19 lunar probe (launched Sept. 28, 1971) was still relaying high-quality photos of lunar surface. Two photos showed region around Eratosfyen Crater and around Godyen and Agrippa Craters. (SBD, 2/7/72, 34)
NASA launched Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket from Kiruna, Sweden, carrying Swedish auroral aeronomy experiment. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (SR list)
United Auto Workers filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., in attempt to recoup part of first-year wage increase denied 30 000 aerospace workers by Federal Pay Board Jan. 13. UAW con-tended portion of wage increase requested represented cost- of-living agreement made in 1968. (Rowe, W Post, 2/8/72, A7)
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