Jun 13 1974

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The Anglo-French Concorde supersonic transport set a new speed record for a transatlantic flight of a commercial aircraft, flying from Paris to Boston in 3 hrs 9 min. The press quoted pilot Andre Turcat as saying the Concorde, which had been invited for the dedication of a new terminal at Boston's Logan International Airport, had cruised from Paris at an altitude between 15 000 and 17 000 m. (AP, B Sun, 14 June 74, All)

Glynn S. Lunney, Apollo Spacecraft Program Manager, received the Arthur S. Flemming Award-given each year to 10 outstanding young Federal employees by the Washington, D.C., Jaycees-during a ceremony in Washington. Lunney's selection was based on his work as U.S. Technical Director of the Apollo Soyuz Test Project. The award cited his leadership and technical ability as important elements in the cooperation and progress achieved in the project by the two participating countries. (JSC Release 74-110; JSC Roundup, 21 June 74, 1)

13-14 June: A complex molecule called methyl cyanide had been discovered in Comet Kohoutek in December 1973 by scientists at the National Radio Astronomical Observatory, supporting the theory that comets and possibly planets were born out in space between the stars, a NASA spokesman said at a Comet Kohoutek Workshop at Marshall Space Flight Center. Twenty-two papers were. presented by U.S. and European scientists on early results from observational programs including Skylab, ground observatories, rockets, and aircraft. Dr. Charles R. O'Dell, project scientist for NASA'S Large Space Telescope program, said Kohoutek had been a landmark in the study of the solar system. "We found large numbers of heavy molecules that we had never seen before. We always thought they were there but now we have proof of it." (NASA Release 74-109; Michelini, Birmingham Post-Herald, 14 June 74)

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