Dec 5 1965
From The Space Library
LUNA VIII would land on the moon Dec, 6 at about 4:50 p.m. EST, Tass reported. Telemetry data indicated the spacecraft was on a correct trajectory and functioning normally. (Reuters, NYT, 12/6/65, 43)
In an editorial titled "Loss of a Leader," the Washington Sunday Star concluded a review of Dr. Hugh L. Dryden's contributions to American aeronautics and astronautics: "It is in the tradition of NASA, and of NACA before it, to name its research centers and after important figures in the development of aeronautics and astronautics: Langley, Lewis, Ames, Marshall, Kennedy, One major center-the one at Houston-remains unnamed. It would be a fitting tribute to a dedicated American if that center were henceforth to bear the name of Hugh L. Dryden." (Wash. Sun, Star, 12/5/65, B2)
Hamilton Standard Div, of United Aircraft Corp, successfully tested a life-support back pack designed to meet requirements of the lunar surface suit for the Apollo lunar-landing mission. System functioned as planned for over three hours inside a vacuum chamber while the test subject walked on a treadmill to simulate the metabolic load of an astronaut on the lurain. The 65-lb. portable life support system supplied oxygen. pressurized to a minimum 3.7 lbs. psi, controlled its temperature and relative humidity, and circulated it through the suit and helmet. The pack pumped cooled water through the tubing of the undergarment for cooling inside the pressure suit. A canister of lithium hydroxide trapped carbon dioxide and other air contaminants to purify the oxygen for reuse. (UPI, NYT, 12/6/65, 42)
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