Oct 2 1969
From The Space Library
Astronaut Alan L. Bean described plans for Apollo 12 extravehicular activities to press at KSC. Mission, to begin Nov. 14, would include two 31/2-hr EVA periods on moon. For first EVA main objective was to deploy ALSEP, deploy TV camera and take photos, deploy lunar equipment conveyor, take contingency sample, deploy S-band antenna and solar wind experiment, and collect lunar material. After rest in LM astronauts would return to lunar surface for second EVA period, to collect good documented sample and document geologically interesting features with photographs, samples, and description. "There's not going to be a lot of time to pick up a rock and think about it . . . but there's going to be time to look at the craters and try to determine what kind they are and where they came from, if this one's different from that one, what part of the crater you want to sample. . . . We're going to take photographs as we see all of it. And when this is finished we're hopefully going to be over near Surveyor." Examination of Surveyor III (launched April 17, 1967) was second objective. Crew would retrieve parts for evaluation of how materials withstood long-term exposure in space. Final surface experiment would be conducted after liftoff from moon when crew crashed LM ascent stage onto surface. Crash would be recorded by seismometer and was expected to provide data from which scientists could make inferences about moon's internal structure. (Transcript)
Aerobee 150 MI sounding rocket launched by NASA from WSMR with VAM-20 booster carried MIT payload to 97.9-mi (157.5-km) altitude to determine precise position of two or more x-ray sources and evaluate small photoelectric detector. Rocket and instruments-including several bands of proportional counters, slot collimators, modulation collimators, aspect cameras, and attitude control system-functioned satisfactorily. All collimators gave expected rates and modulation on star X-1 in constellation Scorpius (calibration) and on Sagittarius. (NASA Rpt SRL)
At MSFC ceremony, NASA Administrator, Dr. Thomas O. Paine, presented awards to 117 center employees and industry representatives, mostly in recognition of exceptional service to Apollo Program. Employee awards included NASA Medal for Distinguished Service to MSFC Director, Dr. Wernher von Braun ; Deputy Director, Technical, Eberhard F. M. Rees ; Deputy Director, Management, Harry H. Gorman; Director of Science and Engineering Hermann K. Weidner; Vice Commander, Aeronautical Systems Div." Mk Edmund F. O'Connor (USAF) ; Director of Program Management Lee B. James; and Deputy Director of Science and Engineering Ludie G. Richard. NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement was presented to James A. Downey, III; Erwin Fehlberg; Gerhard B. Heller; Robert J. Nauman; and Joseph L. Randall. Other awards received were NASA Medal for Exceptional Service by NASA employees and NASA Certificate for Distinguished Public Service by industry personnel. MSFC Release 69-222)
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