Jun 4 1970
From The Space Library
Apollo 13 Astronauts James A. Lovell, Jr., Fred W. Haise, Jr., and John L. Swigert, Jr., were honored by City of New York at luncheon in Philharmonic Hall. Astronauts were greeted by Mayor John V. Lindsay and serenaded by N.Y. Police Dept. band. (AP, B Sun, 6/4/70, A3)
MSC announced contract awards; NR Space Div. would receive $305 700 000 cost-plus-fixed-fee/award-fee supplemental agreement to Apollo spacecraft contract for four CSM modules for Skylab pro gram. Agreement definitized March 1969 letter contract and brought estimated cost of contract for both Apollo and Skylab to $3 618 006 813. NR Space Div. also would receive $250 000 for preliminary planning study of reusable space tug with multipurpose applications. ILC Industries would receive $13-million extension to contract for Apollo space suits and support through 1971, bringing total contract value to $46 543 299. (MSC Releases 70-61, 62, 63; NASA Release 7088)
AFSC announced senior staff changes: Gen. James Ferguson, AFSC Commander, would retire Sept. 1. Gen. George S. Brown, Deputy Commander, Seventh Air Force (PACAF), would succeed Gen. Ferguson. L/G James T. Stewart, AFSC Deputy Chief of Staff for Systems, had been reassigned as Commander, Aeronautical Systems Div. (ASD), Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, effective June 1, replacing M/G Lee V. Gossick who assumed Gen. Stewart's previous duties. M/G Clifford J. Kronauer, Jr., Commander, Space and Missile Test Center, would become AFSC Chief of Staff on Aug. 1. M/G Louis L. Wilson, Jr., Vice Commander, Armament Development and Test Center, Eglin AFB, Fla., would become Vice Commander, Ninth Air Force on Aug. 1. B/G Jack Bollerud, Deputy Chief of Staff, Bioastronautics and Medicine, had announced retirement effective July 31. (AFSC Release 156.70)
Robot developed by UCLA engineer Dr. Amos Freedy mimicked human motions, Huntsville Times reported. Autonomous control subsystem (ACS) learned, thought, and made decisions. Consisting of manipulator arm and claw in rigging operated by small analog computer connected to IBM 1800 process-control computer several floors away, machine might be adapted to use on unmanned space flights, in rehabilitation of handicapped persons, and in housework. (tatty, Huntsville Times, 6/4/70)
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