Jul 6 1967
From The Space Library
NRL Aerobee sounding rocket launched May 17 had detected x-rays from quasar 3C-273 (believed to be 15-billion light years from earth) and Virgo A (a galaxy believed to be 30-million light years from earth), Dr. Herbert Friedman, Superintendent of Naval Research Laboratory's Atmospheric and Astrophysics Div., announced at news conference in Washington, D.C. Rocket experiment, he said: (1) provided first evidence that x rays were produced as far away as the "rim" of the universe; (2) detected quasars, previously detectable only by their radio waves or by visible light seen through high-power telescopes; (3) lent support to theory that universe is saturated with background radiation from explosion of universe 10 billion yrs ago; and (4) detected three new x-ray sources, apparently outside our galaxy and not traceable to any known object. These findings, Dr. Friedman said, indicated that x-ray astronomy had "come of age" as a tool to explore the universe. To explore x-ray sources further, he suggested installing x-ray detection equipment on proposed satellites such as NASA's orbital workshop and launching larger equipment for longer periods of time to map the whole sky for x-ray sources. (Text, Reistrup, W Post, 7/7/67)
USAF successfully launched an Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry System (ABRES) vehicle from Vandenberg AFB with Atlas-D booster. (Aero Tech, 7/17/67,13)
NASA's Lunar Orbiter Incentive Evaluation Board awarded Boeing Co. a $1,053,405 bonus for the Lunar Orbiter III mission. Board said pictures prod4uced were "of high quality, properly exposed and with good positioning," although of unsatisfactory quantity, and noted that secondary site photography "had considerable value scientifically." Spacecraft, launched from ETR Feb. 4, had transmitted 154 of 211 photos taken and was gathering data on meteoroids, radiation, and lunar gravitational field. (NASA Release 67-177)
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