Sep 1 1973
From The Space Library
September 2-7: The 66th Annual General Conference of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAT) was held in Dublin, Ireland. U.S. participants included Apollo 17 commander Eugene A. Cernan and Apollo 16 commander John W. Young. The 1972 FAT Gold Space Medal was presented to Cernan in recognition of the Dec. 7-19, 1972, final Apollo mission which had "accomplished all of its goals and magnificently concluded the extraordinary and highly successful Apollo pro-gram." Cernan also received the 1972 De la Vaulx Medal for his absolute world record of 21 hrs 32 min 44 sec for "Duration of Stay Outside his Lunar Module 'Challenger' Spacecraft," set during Apollo 17. Young received the Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal for "remarkable leadership, skill, daring and dedication" as commander of the April 16-27, 1972, Apollo 16 mission and the V. M. Komarov Diploma, on behalf of him- self and Apollo 16 Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II and Charles M. Duke, Jr., for successful completion of all but one of the mission's 33 major experiments. The Groupe Diplome d'Honneur for Aeronautics was awarded to the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration "in recognition of its outstanding contribution to air traffic efficiency and safety by the development of the now fully operational Automated Radar Terminal System" (ARTS). The Groupe Diplome d'Honneur for Astronautics went to Boeing Co. Aerospace Group for design and production of the lunar roving vehicle (LRV) used during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions. The Paul Tissandier Diploma was presented to Kay A. Brick for "her outstanding contributions to women's aviation over the past 23 years" as a member and Chairman of the Board of the All-Women's Transcontinental Air Race "Powder Puff Derby." (NAA News, 9/73, 1-2; FAA Release 73- 155; A&A 1972)
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