Oct 8 1976
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
Dr. Maxime A. Faget, director of engineering and development at Johnson Space Center, had been chosen to receive awards from both the American Astronautical Society and the Instrument Society of America, the JSC Roundup reported. Dr. Faget, one of the original 35 members of the NASA Space Task Force Group, received from the AAS its Space Flight Award, given for the greatest contribution to the advancement of space flight and space exploration. Dr. Faget had received AAS's Lovelace award in 1971. The ISA had selected him for the Albert F. Sperry Award, for "advancing spacecraft, laboratory and biomedical instrumentation through technical and engineering leadership of manned space flight programs." Dr. Faget in 1969 received NASA's medal for exceptional service and distinguished service medal-the agency's highest award-and had been inducted into the Natl. Space Hall of Fame. (JSC Roundup, 8 Oct 76, 1)
Test pilot William H. Dana had been chosen to receive the AIAA 1976 Haley Space Flight Award, the DFRC X-Press announced. Dana would receive the award at the IAF conference banquet 15 Oct. Named for Andrew G. Haley, one of the founders of the American Rocket Society, the award is for "outstanding contribution ... to the advancement of the arts, sciences or technology of astronautics." Dana would be honored for his service as test pilot on the HL-10, M2-F3, and X-24B lifting bodies, and his 16 flights as project pilot of the X-15 rocket-powered research aircraft. (DFRC X-Press, 8 Oct 76, 2; LA Herald-Examiner, 12 Oct 76, 3; Lancaster, Calif. Ledger-Gazette, 7 Oct 76, 10)
MSFC announced that the Alabama Society of Professional Engineers had chosen the Center to receive the first annual Wonder of Engineering award, for design engineering achievement in producing a study called Ecastar (a project during the summer of 1975, studying energy conservation measures and their possible effect on society and the environment). Ecastar was one of the projects completed over the past decade in a design engineering program run at MSFC by Auburn Univ. A summer faculty fellowship program sponsored by NASA and the Am. Soc. of Engineering Education had awarded the fellowships to engineering, natural science, and social science faculty members in summer study programs directed by universities at NASA research centers, to enable the participants to design courses at their institutions and to further collaboration between engineering and other disciplines. (MSFC Release 76-183)
NOAA announced award of a $1 441 116 contract extension to Management and Technical Services Co., Daytona Beach, Fla., for technical support in operating NOAA's geostationary environmental satellite system. The extension would continue the company's work in processing and distributing environmental data. Two GOES satellites at altitudes of 35 800 km were transmitting imagery and other information to receiving stations at Wallops, Va., and Suitland, Md., for communication to NOAH centers in Washington, D.C., Miami, Kansas City, and San Francisco. (NOAA Release 76-227)
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