Oct 1 1974
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet Presidium Chairman Nikolay V. Podgorny presented the highest Soviet award, the Order of Lenin, to Cosmonauts Pavel R. Popovich, Yury P. Artyukhin, Gennady V. Sarafanov, and Lev S. Demin. Popovich and Artyukhin were honored for their 15-day mission in the Salyut 3 orbital scientific station and Soyuz 14 transport craft (launched 3 July to join the Salyut 3, launched 25 June) . Sarafanov and Demin were recognized for their Soyuz 15 flight (launched 26 Aug.) , during which they experimented in maneuvering and docking with Salyut 3 before landing on land at night. Popovich, already a Hero of the Soviet Union, was also awarded the Second Gold Star Medal. Artyukhin, Sarafanov, and Demin were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union, Gold Star Medals, and Badges of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the U.S.S.R.(FBIS-Sov, 2 Oct 74, U1)
1-7 October: Astronaut-physician Dr. F. Story Musgrave and Dr. Dennis R. Morrison of Johnson Space Center's Bioscience Payloads Office spent one week in a mockup Spacelab at JSC in a shakedown test of operational procedures and experiments. Spacelab, a scientific space laboratory, was being developed and built by the European Space Research Organization for orbital missions aboard NASA's space shuttle. A rehearsal for future tests and a means of perfecting operational procedures, this first test also evaluated proposed space shuttle ground support and flight crew operational procedures, data-handling techniques, man-machine integration, and biomedical demonstrations representative of Spacelab medical experiments. (JSC Release 74-255; JSC Roundup, 11 Oct 74, 1)
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