Aug 29 1970
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCCLX into orbit with 286-km (177.7-mi) apogee, 207-km (128.6-mi) perigee, 89.4-min period, and 64.9° inclination. Satellite reentered Sept. 8 . (GSFC SSR, 8/31/70; 9/30/70)
Concorde 002, British prototype of Anglo-French supersonic transport, reached mach 1.54 speed in test flight over North Sea. Concorde 002 flew for two hours at 12 500-m (41000-ft) altitude in seventh flight of series to prove aircraft could fly at up to 2250 km per hr (1400 mph). (AP, B Sun, 8/30/70)
McDonnell Douglas Corp.'s DC-10 trijet airbus made first flight, from Long Beach, Calif., Municipal Airport to Edwards AFB for further testing. DC-10, 55.5. m (182 ft) long and 6 m (20 ft) wide, could seat 345 passengers. It was designed for shorter flights than Boeing 747. (NYT, 8/31/70, 54; McDonnell Douglas Release, 8/29/
Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg, AEC Chairman, presented $25 000 Enrico Fermi Award to Dr. Norris E. Bradbury, who was retiring after 25 yrs as director of Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Citation, presented in ceremony in Los Alamos, N. Mex., was for "great contribution to the national security and peacetime applications of atomic energy." Dr. Seaborg said laboratory had made "and will continue to make, significant contributions to what will be the next great step in nuclear power-controlled thermonuclear fusion." He said laboratory also was developing nuclear rocket engine for service within 10 yrs. (UPI, P Inq, 8/30/70; 4)
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