Jun 1 1970
From The Space Library
NSF said high-altitude photos of planet Uranus taken by 91-cm (36-in) telescope on Stratoscope 11 balloon March 26-27 might reveal whether Uranus had cloud cover. Photos, five times as distinct as ones taken from earth's surface, showed Uranus with none of previously reported surface details, but with darkening at edges that might give clue to whether planet had clear or cloudy atmosphere. (W Star, 6/2/70, A10)
NASA was relocating several Saturn IB and Saturn V stages and instrument units to avoid possible damage or destruction by hurricanes in area of Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, La., MSFC announced. Three Saturn IB boosters would be moved from Michoud to MSFC in mid-July; two Saturn V vehicles were stored at MTF; and three Saturn instrument units had been moved from IBM plant in Huntsville, Ala., to MSFC for storage. (MSFC Release 70-106)
Dr. Louis Morton, professor of history at Dartmouth College and Chairman of American History Assn. Committee on the Historian in Federal Government, had been named Chairman of NASA Historical Advisory Committee for 1970-71, NASA announced. Dr. Morton was formerly with U.S. Army Office of Military History. Other members of NASA Historical Advisory Committee were Dr. Daniel J. Boorstin, Director, Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution; Prof. David Bushnell, Univ. of Florida; Prof. A. Hunter Dupree, Brown Univ.; Prof. Melvin Kranzberg, Case Western Reserve Univ.; Prof. Rodman W. Paul, Cal Tech; Robert L. Perry, RAND Corp. Economics Div.; and Prof. John B. Rae, Harvey Mudd College. Executive Secretary of Committee was Dr. Eugene M. Emme; NASA Historian. (NASA Release 70-78)
John D. Hodge, Manager of MSC Advanced Missions Program Office, left NASA to become Director of Transportation Systems Concepts for DOT's Transportation Systems Center at Cambridge, Mass. Hodge had received NASA Medal for Exceptional Service twice during 10-yr NASA service. (MSC Release 70-60)
Victor C. Clarke, Jr., JPL engineer, received 1970 award from Gravity Research Foundation of New Boston, N.H., for essay "The Application and Principle of Gravity-Assist Trajectories for Space Flight." Clarke, mission analysis and engineering manager for 1973 Mariner Venus-Mercury project, had first demonstrated possibility of bouncing spacecraft from planet to planet in 1961. He had received 1969 NASA Exceptional Service Medal for contribution to Mariner Mars 1969 mission design. (NASA Release 70-112; JPL PIO)
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