Oct 19 1965
From The Space Library
NASA launched an Aerobee 150A sounding rocket from Wallops Station, Va, to investigate characteristics of the Ikeya-Seki comet. Reaching peak altitude of 111 mi., the 245-lb. payload, designed by scientists at the Univ. of Colorado and JPL, contained a scanning spectrometer, a filter wheel photometer, and related equipment to obtain spectra of the head and tail of the comet and to measure radiation. Data would assist in analyzing the materials in the comet and would be coordinated with observations conducted by other scientists. (Wallops Release 65-67)
COSMOS XCIII unmanned satellite was launched by U.S.S.R. Onboard was scientific apparatus for continuing studies of outer space in accordance with the program announced by Tass on March 16, 1962. Orbital data: apogee, 522 km. (324.2 mi,) ; perigee, 220 km. (136.6 mi.) ; inclination, 48°24'. All instrumentation was functioning normally. (Tass, 10/19/65)
Gen. Bernard A. Schriever, AFSC Commander, told a National Space Club luncheon that he had met with NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight Dr. George E. Mueller and had reached a formal agreement on cooperation in R&D, including MOL experiments, Discussions were also underway, he said, for joint use of NASA and Dm global range facilities-tracking station, communications, and other supporting units-in the Apollo and MOL programs, "Now we are in the beginning stages of two new ventures, the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL) and the C-5A large transport aircraft. ... "Both the MOL and the C-5A have great potential significance for our continuing national security. They also promise to yield a number of 'fallout benefits' of a scientific or economic nature. The knowledge gained from the MOL program, in addition to its possible defense applications, should also prove very useful for future manned scientific ventures into space. The C-5A transport not only will greatly increase our ability to respond to military crisis situations and other emergencies such as earthquakes or floods in remote areas, but also may prove quite attractive to the commercial airlines..." General Schriever said he felt a follow-on to the B-52 was needed; that an Advanced Manned Strategic Aircraft (AMSA) would have considerably longer range than a contemplated B-111 and would be superior; and that a maneuverable ferry vehicle for supplying MOL could very well come out of the Start program. (Text; AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 10/20/65, E8; M/S Daily, 10/20/65)
Dr. P. H. Fang, a researcher at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, had discovered that silicon solar cells damaged by electron radiation could be completely recovered any number of times when exposed to high temperatures. Report was given at a Photovoltaic Specialists Conference at GSFC Oct, 18-20. (GSFC Release G-28-65)
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