Jun 21 1967
From The Space Library
NASA Argo D 4 (Javelin) sounding rocket launched from NASA Wallops Station carried 120-lb payload containing an ionosphere experiment prepared by GSFC and Southwest Center for Advanced Studies to 493-mi (793-km) altitude. Flight was coordinated with the overpasses of Alouette II, the Canadian satellite, and Explorer XXXI, the US. satellite, launched pickaback by NASA Nov. 28, 1965. Primary purpose of mission was to measure properties of the ionosphere and to correlate results with simultaneous measurements made by the two Isis satellites. (WS Release 67-24)
NASA Aerobee 150 sounding rocket launched from WSMR carried Univ. of Minnesota experiment to 131-mi (210-km) altitude to measure composition and determine temperature of atmosphere in altitude range 62-124 mi (100-200 km) . Experiment used three mass spectrometers and a yoyo despin system. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. (NASA Rpt SRL)
All-weather landing capability would be a requirement for SST operations because long-range SST used fuel too quickly to permit prolonged holding in airport traffic patterns, Dr. Richard M. Head, ERC, told NASA Hq. press briefing on aeronautics research. He predicted that landings under zero visibility could be practical within a decade. Dr. Head also noted that, because of sun's influence on the ionosphere, SSTs with VHF radios might be subject to communications blackouts during the 1,200 mi of a transatlantic flight when they were too far from land for line-of-sight VHF reception. Use of satellites to relay communications might be a possible solution to the problem, he suggested. (Schmeck, NYT, 6/22/67,6)
MSFC had awarded three parallel contract - $94,000 to Boeing Co.; $95,000 to TRW, Inc.; and $96,000 to General Electric Co.- for further project definition work on the Voyager program. Objectives of the contracts, effective through Oct. 15, were to furnish, NASA with current data on Voyager spacecraft systems design and perform engineering study tasks. (MSFC Release 67-129)
U.S.S.R., East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland withdrew from live international telecast scheduled for June 25 [see Feb. 7] for political reasons. U.S.S.R. charged that Western broadcasters were conducting "a slanderous campaign" against the Arab nations in the current Middle East crisis. (Gent, NYT, 6/22/67, 67M)
Astronomers at Lick Observatory, Santa Cruz, Calif., were beginning a new study of star movement against the background of galaxies so distant they appeared to be fixed in space, Lick astronomer Dr. Stanislavs Vasilevskis told a Santa Cruz news conference. "The Lick proper motion study will open a new approach to research in astronomy using modern electronic equipment. A primary purpose of the study would be to gain further information on the rotation of the earth`s galaxy, he said. Completely automated equipment installed at Lick for the study was financed by $367,120 NSF grant. (AP, NYT, 6/25/67,12)
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