Jul 23 1965
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (2MB PDF)
U.S.S.R. launched COSMOS LXXVI with scientific instruments aboard for investigation of outer space, Tass announced. Orbital data: apogee, 530 km. (261 mi,) ; perigee, 261 km. (161.8 mi.) ; period, 92.2 min,; inclination, 49°. All systems were reported to be functioning normally. (Krasnaya Zvezda, 7/24/65, 1, ATSS-T Trans.)
Picketing over a contract dispute by Las Cruces, N. Mex., Carpenters Union Local 1962 of White Sands Missile Range construction project resulted in a partial temporary shutdown of the $133,900 project to build an addition to NASA Warehouse No, 1. Activities on the site included testing Apollo service module engines and preparation of test equipment for the Lunar Excursion Module. (Las Cruces Sun-News, 7/23/65)
“Mariner’s William H. Pickering” article in Time Magazine
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