Jul 19 1966
From The Space Library
House-Senate Conference Committee on NASA authorization reached agreement on a $5,000,419,000 FY 1967 bill. Compromise was $11.581 million below original NASA request; $13.5 million above House version; and $7.5 million below Senate version of bill. The $18 million for 1967 MARINER Venus flyby mission that House Science and Astronautics Committee's Space Science and Applications Subcommittee had sought to cancel was restored. Three main additions to NASA's request were $13 million for Voyager program; $4 million for 260-in. solid-propellant motor development; and $2 million for Snap-8 nuclear electric generator program. Conference report (H.R. 14324) would be debated in House and Senate. (CR, 7/20/66, 15551-4)
NASA had selected Philco Corp. for negotiation of $35-million, incentive-fee contract for "continued systems engineering and operational support" of Mission Control Center at MSC. (NASA Release 66-190)
M2-F2 lifting body vehicle was successfully air-launched from B-52 aircraft at 45,000-ft. altitude in second glide flight at Edwards AFB. Purposes of flight, piloted by NASA research pilot Milton O. Thompson, were determination of lateral stability control, longitudinal trim, vehicle performance, and landing characteristics, and checkout of onboard systems. (NASA Proj. Off.)
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center awarded Bendix Corp. and Boeing Co. six-month, $350,000 contracts for parallel studies to "develop specifications and drawings" for vehicles being proposed to transport astronauts on lunar surface. (MSFC Release 66-157)
Click here to listen to a press conference about Michael Collins' EVA during Gemini 10 recorded on this day at 9.30am-11am.
Click here to listen to part two of a press conference about Michael Collins' EVA during Gemini 10 recorded on this day at 9.30am-11am.
Click here to listen to part three of a press conference about Michael Collins' EVA during Gemini 10 recorded on this day at 9.30am-11am.
Click here to listen to a press conference about Michael Collins' EVA during Gemini 10 recorded on this day at 7pm.
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