Sep 24 1974
From The Space Library
Flight Research Center's highly instrumented F-111 aircraft, to be used to test the integrated propulsion control system (IPCS), made its first baseline flight to gather data on the engine's inlets and exhaust controls. Data would be used by NASA in support of the program and by Boeing Co., which would build the system. (FRC X-Press, 27 Sept 74, 2; FRC PIO, interview, 17 June 75)
NASA had designated Marshall Space Flight Center as lead Center for NASA activities under the Solar Heating and Cooling Demonstration Act signed into law 3 Sept., MSFC announced. The Center would work under the direction of the NASA Hq. Office of Energy Programs. (MSFC Release 74-175)
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