Jun 26 1964
From The Space Library
NASA announced it had requested proposals from scientists for experiments on Advanced Technological Satellites to be launched from Cape Kennedy in 1966-68. Primary mission of ATS would be to evaluate advanced communication techniques, meteorological components, and gravity gradient stabilization systems, but additional space for scientific experiments was available. (NASA Release 64-153)
NASA Lewis Research Center program of metal fracture toughness testing was helping make supersonic transport possible, according to William F. Brown, Jr, Chief of LRC Strength of Materials Branch. Co-author of paper on fracture toughness test methods with John E Strawley, Head of Fracture Section at LRC, Brown said listening to amplified sounds of metal cracking under stress was one of the techniques of testing fracture toughness. (LRC Release 64-59)
Curtiss-Wright X-19 Vtol transport was flown successfully for the first time in series of short-duration tests. (Av. Wk., 7/6/64, 278)
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