Mar 20 1971
From The Space Library
NASA launched two sounding rockets. Nike-Tomahawk launched from Fox Main, Dew Line Station, Alaska, carried GSFC experiment to study electric fields. Aerobee 170 launched from WSMR carried Univ. of Wisconsin experiment to study soft x-rays, but mission was unsuccessful. (SR list)
Tass reported on meeting of Soviet Transport Commission of Council of Mutual Economic Assistance in Moscow. Soviet bloc's economic alliance had discussed "coming" introduction of Soviet supersonic transport Tu-144 and future operation of subsonic jumbo jets on Soviet bloc routes. Report had mentioned no date for introduction of Tu-144 into commercial service. (Shabad, NYT, 3/21/71)
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