Aug 24 1967
From The Space Library
Cosmos CLXXIII was launched by U.S.S.R. into orbit with 5288-km (328-mi) apogee, 280-km (174-mi) perigee, 92-min period, and 71° inclination. All equipment functioned normally. Satellite reentered Dec. 17. (UPI, NYT, 8/25/67,5; GSFC SSR, 12/31/67)
US. and U.S.S.R. submitted to disarmament conference in Geneva identical texts of a draft treaty to prevent the further spread of nuclear weapons. Treaty would bar the five nuclear powers from transferring nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices to nations that did not have them or from assisting them in the production of nuclear weapons. After a draft was agreed to by 17-nation disarmament conference, it would be submitted to U.N. General Assembly for discussion. President Johnson commented: "If we now go forward to completion of a worldwide agreement, we will pass on a great gift to those who follow us. "We shall demonstrate that-despite all his problems, quarrels, and distractions-man still retains a capacity to design his fate, rather than be engulfed by it. "Failure to complete our work will be interpreted by our children and grandchildren as a betrayal of conscience, in a world that needs all of its resources and talents to serve life, not death. . . ." (PD, 8/28/67, 1204-5; Hamilton, NYT, 8/25/67,1)
NASA test pilots Fitzhugh Fulton and Donald Mallick flew XB-70 No. 1 to mach 2.27 and 58,000-ft altitude in flight at Edwards AFB to check out: (1) three pacer airspeed calibration points; (2) photos of the tufted right upper canard; (3) boundary layer noise data; (4) stability, control, and handling qualities; (5) bypass close unstart of left inlet; (6) nose ramp flutter data; and (7) radar airspeed calibration. (NASA Proj Off)
Ten cosmonauts were practicing parachute jumps over the water, indicating that future Soviet space missions might attempt American-style splashdowns, Krasnaya Zvezda reported. All previous Soviet manned space missions had come down on dry land. (UPI, NYT, 8/25/67,29)
Soviet aircraft would drop bombs into two large areas of the Pacific from Sept. 2-10 in series of seismic tests which would aid Soviet study of world oceans and research into forecasting tidal waves and earthquakes. Tass asked foreign governments to warn their ships not to enter first area from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time, Sept. 2-5; or second area during same hours Sept. 5-10. (Reuters, NYT, 8/25/67, 12)
Republic Aviation Corp. offered $10,000 each to 12 well-trained men willing to spend 270 consecutive days in 28-ft-long simulated space chamber. Applicants had to be qualified psychologists, microbiologists, or systems engineers. Tests, at Wright-Patterson AFB under $646,434 USAF grant, would try to determine how men would react during a long space voyage. (AP, NYT, 8/25/67,16)
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