Nov 17 1966
From The Space Library
NASA announced schedule changes in manned Apollo flights because of launch vehicle and spacecraft development problems : second manned flight of an Apollo spacecraft (AS-205), scheduled for spring 1967, was postponed and no new date set; AS-205 prime crew Walter M. Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter Cunningham became backup crew for AS-204 mission-first manned Apollo flight-scheduled for first quarter of 1967. (NASA Release 66-295)
Some 1,000 meteors a minute were recorded at height of Leonid shower by Northwestern Univ.'s Observatory near Las Cruces, N. Mex., Dr. J. Allen Hynek reported. (Sullivan, NYT, 11/18/66, 39M)
Referring to successful completion of Gemini series of space flights as a "historic triumph for mankind," editorial in Washington Post suggested that "as the conquest of space proceeds it . . . gives the world a nobler and higher destiny and purpose than fratricidal strife for nationalistic objectives." (Wash. Post, 11/17/66, A22)
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