Nov 11 1965
From The Space Library
Production of Gemini spacecraft and F-4 Phantom jet fighter aircraft resumed when 16,000 machinists ended their four-day wildcat strike at McDonnell Aircraft Corp. IAM, which had refused to sanction the strike, announced it would authorize a strike beginning Nov. 18 if a new contract were not accepted by midnight Nov. 17, Strikers were seeking a 20-cent-an-hour wage increase each of the next three years. (AP, Balt. Sun, 11/12/65)
A guidance control system for the Little Joe II booster was released from a Las Cruces, N. Mex., hospital in satisfactory condition following emergency x-ray treatment. White Sands Missile Range technicians preparing for a Dec. 1 Apollo escape system test took the unit to the hospital after they failed to determine the cause of a malfunction, Industrial x-ray facilities at White Sands were closed for Veterans Day. (AP, Wash, Sun, Star, 11/15/65, A15)
Tass reported that astronomers at the Vladivostok Observatory had taken clear photographs of the Ikeya-Seki comet. (UPI, Wash, Post, 11/ 12/65, C4)
Thirty years ago a helium-filled balloon, Explorer II, carried Capt. Orvil A. Anderson (USA) and Capt. Albert W. Stevens (USA) to a 14-mi. altitude-highest ever attained by man at that time-in a 230-mi, eight-hour 13-min. flight which proved that man could survive at great heights, Sen. Stuart Symington (D-Mo.) paid tribute to the late Anderson and Stevens at an anniversary ceremony near Rapid City, S. Dak, attended by officials of the National Geographic Society and the Army Air Corps, cosponsors of the flight. (Schaden, Wash. Eve, Star, 11/11/65, A8)
Christopher C. Kraft, Assistant Director for Flight Operations, MSC, received Virginia Polytechnic Institute's distinguished alumnus citation, the university's highest award, in a ceremony in Blacksburg. (VPI Release)
Former German missile experts who helped foster American rocketry after World War II met at NASA MSFC to celebrate their 20th year in the U.S. Dr. Wernher von Braun. Director of MSFC, attended. (Cocoa Trib., 11/4/65; Marshall Star, 11/10/65)
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