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... 8:59 a.m. April 12 and stopped 70 hours and 35 minutes later when NASA declared the orbiter Challenger , configured for launch of the Spacelab 3 mission, "hard down" on the ... bay 3; at 12:17 the next day the crew started the journey to the pad with Challenger . The Space Shuttle was "hard down" on the pad at 6:25 a.m. April 15 ... 1985 10 Apr 11 1985 11 Apr 12 1985 12 Apr 13 1985 13 Apr 14 1985 14 Apr 15 1985 15 Apr 16 1985 16 Apr 17 1985 17 Apr 18 1985 18 Apr 19 ...

... U.S.S.R. October 28, 1964, in 88 pieces. ''(GFSC SSR, 3/15/65, 33, 37; Av. Wk., 4/12/65, 34)'' B. F. Goodrich Corp, had been selected by Hamilton Standard ... a neck brace but would continue other phases of astronaut training. ''(AP. Wash. Eve. Star, 3/17/65)'' Opening the annual meeting of the National Research Council, Harvey Brooks, professor of applied ... 1965 10 Mar 11 1965 11 Mar 12 1965 12 Mar 13 1965 13 Mar 14 1965 14 Mar 15 1965 15 Mar 16 1965 16 Mar 17 1965 17 Mar 18 1965 18 Mar 19 ...

... 12/17/65, 1, 28; 12/18/65, 1, 16; 12/19/65, 1, 68, 69; WSJ, 12/17/65, 1; 12/20/65, 1; Wash. Post, 12/16/65, Al, A14, A15; 12/17/65, Al, A8, A17; 12 ... 1965 December Dec 1 1965 1 Dec 2 1965 2 Dec 3 1965 3 Dec 4 1965 4 Dec 5 1965 5 Dec 6 1965 ... 1965 11 Dec 12 1965 12 Dec 13 1965 13 Dec 14 1965 14 Dec 15 1965 15 Dec 16 1965 16 Dec 17 1965 17 Dec 18 ...

... permitted it to make none; aspirations yes, but plans no. . . . " ''(Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 12/15/66, A2 3)'' NASA would negotiate $l5-million fixed-price incentive contract with Douglas Aircraft Co. ... be used to support educational TV. ''( ComSatCorp Release; NYT, 12/16/66, 85M; 12/17/66, 59; Wash. Post, 12/17/66, C16; Wash. Eve. Star, 12/16/66, A24)'' News briefing on Project Apollo ...

... (1048 mph) and 21600-m (71 000-f t) altitude. ''(FRC Release 30-71; SBD, 12/17/71, 215)'' Purchase price of $31.2 million for Concorde supersonic transport was announced at ... , 12/15/71, A9)'' NSF published Industrial R&D Spending, 1970 (NSF 71-39). In 1970 total R&D performance in industry amounted to $17.9 billion-3% below 1969 level of $18.3 billion ... 1971 10 Dec 11 1971 11 Dec 12 1971 12 Dec 13 1971 13 Dec 14 1971 14 Dec 15 1971 15 Dec 16 1971 16 Dec 17 1971 17 Dec 18 1971 18 Dec 19 ...

... was celebrated in Kitty Hawk, N.C., as Apollo 17 astronauts headed home from sixth manned landing on the moon. ''(AP, NYT, 12/17/72, 42)'' Dr. Robert C. Cameron-first director of ... , 12/17/72, D12)'' December 17-19: Spacecraft left moon's sphere of influence at 250:40 GET, traveling at 1173 m per sec (3851 fps). Evans left CSM at 257:34 GET (3 ... 1972 10 Dec 11 1972 11 Dec 12 1972 12 Dec 13 1972 13 Dec 14 1972 14 Dec 15 1972 15 Dec 16 1972 16 Dec 17 1972 17 Dec 18 1972 18 Dec 19 ...

... .9° inclination. Satellite reentered March 5, 1969. ''(AP, B Sun, 12/4/68; Reuters, C Trib, 12/4/68; GSFC SSR, 12/15/68; 3/15/69)'' XB-70A experimental supersonic bomber, piloted by NASA test ... Post, 12/3/68, A7; SBD, 12/4/68, 141; W Star, 12/4/68, A13)'' President Johnson presented Harmon International Aviator's Trophy to Maj. William J. Knight ''(USAF)'' for piloting X-15 rocket ... 1968 10 Dec 11 1968 11 Dec 12 1968 12 Dec 13 1968 13 Dec 14 1968 14 Dec 15 1968 15 Dec 16 1968 16 Dec 17 1968 17 Dec 18 1968 18 Dec 19 ...

... Essa VII, launched Nov. 10. ''(NASA Proj Off; ESSA Re­lease ES 68-67; SBD, 12/17/68, 210)'' Apollo 8 launch crew began lengthy countdown on time at KSC at 7 ... lively debate inside the Federal Government." ''(W Post, 12/15/68, Al)'' December 1968 December Dec 1 1968 1 Dec 2 1968 2 Dec 3 1968 3 Dec 4 1968 4 Dec 5 1968 ... 1968 10 Dec 11 1968 11 Dec 12 1968 12 Dec 13 1968 13 Dec 14 1968 14 Dec 15 1968 15 Dec 16 1968 16 Dec 17 1968 17 Dec 18 1968 18 Dec 19 ...

... NASA authorization bill for $5.05 billion (S. 781) had been introduced Jan. 31. ''(CR, 3/15/67, S3781)'' Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told the National Space Club's 1967 Goddard ... facilitating clearances on arrival in the US. ''(NYT, 3/15/67,78M)'' March 1967 March Mar 1 1967 1 Mar 2 1967 2 Mar 3 1967 3 Mar 4 1967 4 Mar 5 1967 ... 1967 10 Mar 11 1967 11 Mar 12 1967 12 Mar 13 1967 13 Mar 14 1967 14 Mar 15 1967 15 Mar 16 1967 16 Mar 17 1967 17 Mar 18 1967 18 Mar 19 ...

... (133.6-mi) perigee, 89.3-min period, and 64.9° inclination. Satellite reentered Dec. 28. ''( Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC SSR, 12/31/70; SBD, 12/17/70, 191)'' NAS released Venus: ... bill that included $210 million for SST development. ''(CR, 12/15/70, H11700-12)'' Dynalectron Corp. announced it had been awarded $3 805 000 NASA contract for maintaining and servicing lunar landing ...

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