Jul 16 1966
From The Space Library
Circular insignia of Project Apollo astronauts was displayed for first time at KSC. Capital letter "A" was in center with its crossbar formed by part of a curving track joining earth (at right) and moon (at left) of the "A." Centered on the crossbar were three twinkling stars symbolic of the three-astronaut crew of each Apollo mission. Earth symbol was dominated by North American continent; moon was represented in third quarter phase with dark part dominated by a man's profile. Moon, earth, and letter "A" were displayed against dark blue background studded with stars-representing outer space. Entire design was ringed by a circle with "Apollo" at top and "NASA" at bottom. (Wash. Eve. Star, 7/16/66, A1)
July 16-1 7: Five vapor cloud experiments were launched from NASA Wallops Station on Nike-Apache sounding rockets between 8:56 p.m. and 5:08 a.m. EDT. Vapor trails were ejected at altitude ranges of 30 to 130 mi. (48 to 209 km.) to measure wind velocities and directions. Data were obtained by photographing motion of trails from five camera sites within 100-mi. radius of Wallops. Launches were conducted for GCA Corp. under contract to GSFC. (Wallops Release 66-41)
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