Mar 28 1970
From The Space Library
X-15 rocket research aircraft, holder of 7274-km per hr (4520mph) speed record for manned aircraft, went on display at Alabama Space and Rocket Center near MSFC. Once piloted by Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong and one of three manufactured for NASA, the 22700-kg (50000-lb) $50-million X-15 was on loan from Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. Second X-15 was on display at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. Third had been destroyed in 1967 crash. (Birmingham Post-Herald, 3/28/70)
Retrorocket parachute-with rocket to provide upthrust to descending parachute carrying heavy and delicate equipment just before it hit ground-was among items shown in Soviet film purchased for U.S. market, AP reported. Half-hour movie made to show Soviet people power of their armed forces, depicted what it called "awesome arsenal" including small rocket that skittered just off ground in search of enemy tanks. (C Trib, 3/29/70, IA)
March 28-29: U.S.S.R. tested two SS-9 missiles with triple warheads. Missiles traveled more than 9260 km (5754 mi) before dropping warheads into Pacific south of Aleutian Islands, according to Jerry W. Friedheim, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense far Public Affairs. (Kelly, W Star, 3/30/70, A4)
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