Jun 23 1965
From The Space Library
Three Nike-Apache sounding rockets launched vapor trail experiments from Wallops Station, Va, as NASA completed a five-shot, two-day series of experiments to measure wind direction and velocity over the Atlantic coast as part of its meteorological research program. Payloads also contained instrumentation to compare electron densities with wind dispersion and to measure electron temperatures. Experiments were conducted for the GCA Corp, under contract to NASA. (Wallops Release 65-39)
Pegasus C third meteoroid detection satellite, arrived at NASA Kennedy Space Center aboard the aircraft "Pregnant Guppy," Pegasus C was scheduled for launch during summer of 1965 by SA-10, the last Saturn I vehicle. (SFC Release 65-159; Marshall Star, 6/30/65, 2)
President Johnson nominated Gen. William F. McKee to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Agency, He made the appointment after signing a bill that exempted General McKee (USAF, Ret,) from the requirement that the FAA administrator be a civilian. (AP, NYT, 6/25/65)
NASA Administrator James E. Webb said in an address to the Defense Supply Agency in Alexandria, Va.: "We are at a watershed of history-we are at a point where man has made reality of his wildest imagination-he has created machines which enable him to move outward from the earth into the new environment of space, not just in thought, but in actuality, taking long strides toward the stars... . "With the initial planning and procurement phases behind us, we are now approaching a period when decisions on the next generation of major activities in space will be made, We have created and tested a workable managerial capability to direct the planning, approval, and execution of future programs. We believe that adoption of what we have termed 'Phased Program Planning' will materially assist us in achieving this goal, "Phased Program Planning represents an orderly, sequential progression in the execution of major NASA projects. It provides for formulating proposed work goals and missions, and allows for re- appraisal points for management consideration to advance or replan such proposals, as well as the resources to implement them." (Text)
NASA ordered new computer equipment that would make possible the processing of data sent back by spacecraft at a rate 40 times faster than in the systems currently used. The contract, ranging from an initial procurement of about $8 million to a possible total of $18 million if all contract options were exercised, was being negotiated with International Business Machines Corp. (NASA Release 65-205; AP, NYT, 6/24/65, 4; AP, WSJ, 6/24/65)
Joint plans for higher wage and improved fringe benefits negotiations in 29 agreements with major aerospace companies were formulated at a conference in Washington, D.C., between leaders of the United Automobile Workers and the International Association of Machinists. Contracts discussed would expire within the next six months. (AP, NYT, 6/24/65, 21)
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