Apr 23 1966
From The Space Library
Saturn V 2nd stage test vehicle (S-II-T) was successfully captive-fired for 15 sec. at MSFC's Mississippi Test Facility in first test of flight weight, all systems S-II stage. 33-ft.-dia., 81-ft.-long stage-largest and most powerful liquid-oxygen/liquid-hydrogen stage known-developed 1-million-lbs, thrust from five J-2 engines. Test also marked first operational use of MTF. (MSFC Release 66-84)
Russian space dogs Veterok and Ugolyek, in orbit Feb. 22-March 16 aboard COSMOS CX, appeared on Moscow television with Soviet physician cosmonaut Dr. Boris Yegorov, who told viewers that "the dogs had undergone many tests and were found quite normal." The dogs, who has passed through Van Allen radiation belts during each of 330 revolutions, would be adopted as pets by workers at Russia's space center, Dr. Yegorov said. (Tass, 4/23/66)
Materials Research Center at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute-$1.6 million, NASA-sponsored facility-and adjoining Engineering Science Research Building-built with Rensselaer funds and matching NSF grant-were dedicated at Troy, N.Y. Principal speaker at ceremony, which climaxed two-day "Man and Materials" symposium, was NASA Administrator James E. Webb. Rensselaer had received first grant under NASA program for establishment of interdisciplinary centers at selected universities. (RPI Release, 4/2/66)
NASA Mississippi Test Facility conducts its first test firing, a 15-sec. test of the Saturn V S-II stage.
In an article in Krasnaya Zvezda, retired Soviet M/G of Aviation B. Teplinskiy said: "In 1961. . . at the US. Defense Department, a special command for developing weapons systems for the air forces was created. Control of military space plans was assigned it. . . . It was at that time that Lt. Gen. Bernard Schriever, who then headed the Air Force Systems Command and is a well-known fanatic advocate of the militarization of outer space, stated: `Our military space requirements cannot be fully satisfied by the civilian programs now being worked out or planned.' . . . "Not all people agreed with this. Prominent American scientist Dr. Hugh Dryden declared shortly after his appointment as NASA deputy administrator: `I have learned -I would like to say I regret to have learned-that it is assumed in some circles that if our outer space work . . . has no military potential we will not receive corresponding financial support from any future administrations or congresses." (Krasnaya Zvezda, 4/23/66)
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