Oct 12 1966
From The Space Library
M2-F2 wingless lifting body was launched from B-52 aircraft and flown by Capt. Jerauld R. Gentry (USAF) in 45,000-ft. glide to powerless landing at Edwards AFB; maximum speed was nearly 400 mph. This was 11th test mission for 6,000-lb. research vehicle developed for NASA to study possible design for future spacecraft that could maneuver in atmosphere after reentry from orbit. (NASA Proj. Off.; L. A. Times, 10/ 13/66)
Dr. Lee Arnold, chairman of New York Univ.'s Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics and director of Daniel Guggenheim School of Aeronautics, was sworn in as a consultant to NASA Administrator James E. Webb on technology utilization. (NASA Release 66-271)
USAF launched two unidentified satellites with Atlas-Agena D booster from WTR. (US. Aeron. & Space Act., 1966, 157)
Prof. Leonid I. Sedov, head of Soviet delegation to IAF Congress, told news conference in Madrid that U.S.S.R. had to investigate and solve a "number of difficult problems" before it could attempt a manned lunar mission. Asked if he believed US. and U.S.S.R. would ever join together for a space mission, Sedov said it would be economically and scientifically feasible, but "we don't have any plans for joint launchings. The situation is not technical but political and I think the international situation in these days cannot change this." (Wilford, NYT, 10/13/66,12)
M2-F2 lifting body mated to B-52 launch aircraft at NASA Flight Research Center, in preparation for flight tests.
IAF conferees toured the NASA-INTA Robledo de Chavela Space Tracking Station outside Madrid. (GE Congress Reporter, 10/14/66, 1)
NAS Committee on Public Engineering Policy (COPEP) held first meeting in New York City; chairman was Dr. Chauncey Starr, president of Atomics International Division of North American Aviation, Inc., and as of January 1, 1967, UCLA Dean of Engineering. (NAS-NRC-NAE News Report, 10/66, 1,3)
UCLA announced plans to build its own satellite to study earth's magnetic field and interplanetary space. Feasibility studies financed by $55,000 NASA grant were being conducted by Hughes Aircraft Co. and Philco Corp. (UPI, NYT, 10/15/66,33)
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