Jun 23 1964
From The Space Library
COSMOS XXXIII launched into orbit with the following initial param-eters : apogee, 293 km. (182.06 mi.) ; perigee, 209 km. (129.87 mi.) ; period, 89.38 min.; and inclination to the equator, 65¦. Tass said the satellite carried scientific apparatus designed for investigation of space in accordance with program announced March 16, 1962, and onboard instrumentation was operating normally. (Tass, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 6/24/64, 1, ATSS-T Trans.)
Army Map Service announced completion of its topographic study of the moon. Prepared under agreement with NASA, the lunar map was the most complete ever made, the first to show variations in heights over all the visible surface of the moon. Map covered area of about 8,000,000 sq. mi., and more than 5,000 surface features were identified by name. The topographers established that the moon's highest peaks reach about 35,000 ft. above its lowest points-making the lunar mountains about 6,000 ft. higher than Mt. Everest. (NYHT, Wash. Post, 6/24/64; Sehlstedt, Balt. Sun, 6/24/64)
At request of Senator Wayne Morse (D.-Ore.) and by unanimous consent to motion of Senator Mike Mansfield (D.-Mont), Senate re-quested House to return H.R. 10456, NASA authorization bill for FY 1965. Senator Morse was requesting record vote on the bill; action of the pre-vious day was taken without quorum call and with only voice vote. (NASA LAR 111/126; CR, 6/23/64,14234-35 and 6/24/64, 14392)
NASA announced formal award of $24 million contract to General Electric for development of six flight model Biosatellites plus additional space-craft for ground testing. GE was selected for the contract last August and had been working under preliminary $5 million contract, now in-cluded in formal contract. (WSJ, 6/24/64)
NASA Group Achievement Award presented to Centaur "E" Stand Project personnel at NASA Lewis Research Center's Plum Brook Station for their significant contributions resulting in the successful completion of re-search testing of the Atlas 116 D booster under simulated loading and environmental conditions and [for] providing data vital to the first flight of the Centaur vehicle." (LRC Release 64-56)
Speech by Peter Hackes of NBC News inserted in Congressional Record by Rep. Emilio Q. Daddario (D.-Conn.) advocating a progressive space program. Hackes said: "Some of those who have studied space age economics tell us that by the mid-1970's our space spending will return to the American econ-omy a dime for every nickel we're spending now. Aside from the very obvious race with Russia to be first to land on the moon; in addition to advancing science to the point where we may locate life on another planet and might discover the secrets of the beginnings of mankind; and besides the use of space to defend ourselves militarily-besides all these reasons, the U.S. space program will bring us two other exceed-ingly important dollars and cents benefits: a sizable advance in industry and employment. And an as-yet uncalculated fallout in new civilian products. . . ." (Text, CR, 7/2/64, A3690-92)
Nuclear submarine John Adams, submerged off Florida coast, successfully fired Polaris A-2 missile about 1,500 mi. to its target in the Atlantic Ocean. This was last American missile-firing submarine to be equipped with the A-2 model. (UPI, NYT, 6/24/64, 38)
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