May 15 1974
From The Space Library
Marshall Space Flight Center had requested proposals for two space tug studies, MSFC announced. The first study was to develop schedules, controls, and planning data for the space tug program from initial flight readiness to long-term mission operations. The second study was to recommend a space tug avionics system, with emphasis on rendezvous and docking avionics and data-management-subsystem requirements and con-figuration. (MSFC Release 74-79)
The papers of Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, NASA Deputy Administrator from 1958 until his death in 1965, were opened to the public in ceremonies at Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Md. The papers would be housed in the university's Milton S. Eisenhower Library. (NASA Release 74-120; NASA Hist Off)
Dr. William O. Davis, Chief of the Upper Atmosphere and Space Services Office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and a leading rocket and space expert, died in Washington, D.C., at the age of 54. Dr. Davis was a member of the interagency team that planned and coordinated NASA'S Earth Resources Satellite program. As Assistant Director of Laboratories at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base 1957-1958, he had directed Project Far Side, the earliest attempt to obtain radiation and magnetic data from outer space by launching a multistage rocket from a high-altitude balloon. (W Post, 15 May 74)
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