Nov 9 1973
From The Space Library
Ground crews at Kennedy Space Center replaced one of the eight damaged fins discovered Nov. 6 on the Skylab 4 Saturn IB launch vehicle. At a KSC press briefing Director of Launch Operations Walter J. Kapryan said that work on fin replacement was "running almost a day behind" but he thought a Nov. 15 launch was still possible. Drew F. Evans, aerospace technologist in KSC's Materials Laboratories Div., said tests confirmed that the cracks were caused by stress corrosion. (Transcript; Wilford, NYT, 11/10/73, 48)
NOAA 2 (ITOS-D) meteorological satellite, launched Oct 15, 1972, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration by NASA, was ad-judged a success. NASA had achieved prelaunch objectives of launching the spacecraft into sun-synchronous orbit with a local equator crossing time between 9:00 and 9:20 am and of conducting in-orbit engineering evaluation before turning the operational control of the spacecraft over to NOAA's National Environmental Satellite Service Noaa 2 had completed one year of flawless operation, making regular daytime and night-time meteorological observations in both readout and stored modes of operation in support of the National Operational Meteorological Satellite System and for incorporation into worldwide daily weather charts and reports. Day and night global scanning radiometer automatic picture transmissions were being supplied on direct readout to more than 700 worldwide users. (NASA prog off)
A NASA Hq. memorandum to employees requested compliance with energy conservation measures set forth for Government buildings by the General Services Administration in accordance with Presidential guide-lines. Office temperatures would fall to 292 to 293 K (65° to 68°F). Kilowatt consumption was to be cut by extinguishing office lights during vacancy. (NASA Hq Memo, 11/9/73)
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