Apr 24 1965
From The Space Library
Second major Saturn V milestone this month: First five-engine ignition test of the Saturn V second stage, the S-II, was conducted at the Santa Susana, Calif, static test laboratory of North American Aviation, Inc, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center announced. The five J-2 engines, built by NAA's Rocketdyne Div, would produce one million pounds thrust, Short-duration firings leading to full-duration tests of nearly 400 sec, would follow the ignition firing. ( MSFC Release 65-99)
In an address at Duke University, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey said: "How fortunate we are to live in this dramatic and creative period of change, of challenge, of opportunity. How great is our responsibility to achieve excellence of mind and spirit to do the tasks that must be done. "I appeal, therefore, to you the generation of 1965, "Make no little plans, "Have not little dreams. "Do not set your standards and goals by those of your mother and father. "Do not set your standards and goals by those of this time. "Challenge the impossible. Do what cannot be done, "Thirty years ago it was 'Brother, can you spare a dime,' "Today we reach the stars." (Text, CR, 4/26/65, 8179-80)
The John Young Award, a medal specially struck by the citizens of Orlando, Fla., was presented to the astronaut as a highlight of the John Young Day celebration. The medal would be used in future years to honor Orlando residents for outstanding achievements, but would not necessarily be awarded annually. (Orl, Sent, 4/18/65)
Soviet astronomer Dr. I. S. Shklovsky of the Sternberg State Astronomical Society in Moscow suggested 100 years as the age for a source of radio waves known only as 1934 minus 63. These figures pinpoint its position in the southern sky. 1934 minus 63 would be the youngest known natural object in the sky. (Sci. Serv., NYT, 4/24/65, 9)
Employees of NASA Kennedy Space Center began moving into the new headquarters building on Merritt Island. The move of more than 1,700 employees would be completed by mid-August. (KSC Spaceport News, 4/22/65, 1)
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