May 4 1970
From The Space Library
MSC successfully conducted initial system verification tests of 1/10 size, dynamically scaled, experimental model of proposed 12.5K Space Orbiter Shuttlecraft in 2400-m (8000-ft) drop from helicopter at Fort Hood, Tex. Initial test and continuing drop tests at WSMR were to demonstrate transition from high angle of attack reentry to level cruise attitude, to demonstrate stability in stalled conditions, and to obtain free-flight data. (MSC Release 70-53; NASA Photo 70-H 813)
House passed S.R. 193, to provide for appointment of former NASA Administrator James E. Webb as Citizen Regent of Board of Regents of Smithsonian Institution. (CR, 5/4/70, H3828-9)
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