Oct 5 1971
From The Space Library
Apollo 15 Awards Ceremony was held at MSC. Dr. James C. Fletcher, NASA Administrator, presented NASA Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for "accomplishments in the Apollo 15 mission" to Dr. Larry A. Haskin, Univ, of Wisconsin, Dr. Robert O. Pepin, Univ. of Minnesota; Dr. Leon T. Silver, Cal Tech; Dr. M. Gene Simmons, MIT; and Dr. Gordon A. Swann, U.S. Geological Survey. NASA Exceptional Service Medal was presented to 22 MSC employees and NASA Public Service Award to representatives of contractors Boeing Co., Grumman Aerospace Corp., Delco Electronic Div. of General Motors Corp., and North American Rockwell Corp. NASA Group Achievement Award was presented to MSC Extravehicular Mobility Unit Team, MSC Lunar Orbit Experiments Team, MSFC and MSC Lunar Roving Vehicle Team, MSC Lunar Traverse Planning Team, NOAA Space Flight Meteorology Group at KSC, and MSC Television and Lunar Communications Relay Unit Team. Dr. Fletcher read telegram from President Nixon congratulating Apollo 15 Team which, President said, deserved "highest praise for their vital contributions to man's scientific knowledge and our nation's prominence in space." (NASA Ann, 10/1/71; MSC Roundup, 10/8/71, 1)
KSC announced award of $33 157 979 addition to cost-plus-fixed-fee con-tract with Bendix Corp. for support services for Apollo spacecraft and Skylab programs from Oct. 1, 1971, to Dec. 31, 1972. Addition brought total amount of contract•to $210 081 335. (KSC Release 227-71)
Reuters said at least 12 supersonic, swing-wing FB-111 bombers armed with six nuclear bombs of total 4.5-metric-megaton (5 megaton) yield were on constant ground alert at SAC bases in northeast U.S. News agency quoted SAC spokesman as saying portion of FB-111 force had been written into U.S. nuclear deterrent force. (NYT, 10/6/71, 52)
Israel had begun to manufacture missile that could carry 450- to 680- kg (1000- to 1500-lb) warhead 480 km (300 mi) or more, according to Western intelligence reports quoted by New York Times. (Beecher, NYT, 10/5/71, 1)
Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Space Theater at American Museum-Hayden Planetarium was dedicated at ceremonies in New York. (Invitation)
October 5-7: Huntsville, Ala., chapter of Society of Aerospace Material & Process Engineers held national technical conference, attended by experts from five NASA centers, Redstone Arsenal, other Government agencies, and private industry. Papers covered composites and high temperature metals, high-temperature and cryogenic insulation, reuse of materials, materials compatibility with space shuttle environment, life support materials, and special materials testing. (Marshall Star, 10/6/71, 1)
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