Nov 25 1964
From The Space Library
James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, and Allen Fairhall, Australian Minister for Supply, announced jointly that a tracking station to support the Apollo manned lunar flight would be established near Canberra, Australia, as a part of the worldwide unified S-band Apollo tracking network. The station would be equipped with an 85-ft. diameter parabolic reflector antenna to support the lunar phases of Apollo missions. (NASA Release 64-290)
The Lunar Landing Research Vehicle (LLRV) , piloted by Joseph A. Walker of NASA's Flight Research Center, attained an altitude of 30 ft.-the highest point in five brief flights-and landed safely. Walker said he was highly pleased with the craft's performance. The flight was conducted at Edwards AFB, Calif. (AP, NYT, 11/26/64, 9)
Launch of Stratoscope II balloon was delayed at least 48 hours when a tube used to fill the 300,000-cm ft. balloon with helium slipped and punctured the plastic skin. Another balloon was to be sent to the Palestine, Tex., launch site from the G. T. Schjeldahl Co. in Northfield, Minn. (M&R, 11/30/64, 29; NYT, 11/26/64, 34)
In a speech to the National Space Club in Washington, D.C., NASA's Director of Advanced Manned Earth Orbital Missions M. J. Raffensperger said: "Our limited flight experience to date indicates that any deleterious effects of space flight can be controlled, but man's reaction to long-duration space missions is not yet quantitatively understood Thus, the bio- medical and behavioral areas must receive major attention in the earlier extended duration earth orbital flights." Other areas that Mr. Raffensperger felt showed promise in providing beneficial returns to humanity were "research and observation of meteorology from a manned space-craft" and "earth mapping and survey." (Text)
NASA announced it had awarded 33 supplementary or new research grants and contracts totaling $2,418,634 to 26 colleges, universities, and private research institutions. (NASA Release 64-295)
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