Jan 15 1965
From The Space Library
USAF launched a Thor-Agena D booster with an unidentified satellite toward polar orbit from Vandenberg AFB. (UPI, Denver Post, 1/17/65)
USAF successfully launched a four-stage Athena reentry research vehicle from Green River, Utah. Impact occurred within a predetermined target area in the White Sands Missile Range, N. Mex. (M&R, 1/25/ 65, 8)
The U.S.S.R, filed a brief report with the International Aviation Federation on the flight of VOSKHOD I (Oct. 12-43, 1964) for confirmation of the flight achievements as absolute world records, and of world records in the orbital flight class in multi-seat spacecraft: duration of flight, 24 hrs., 17 min., 0.3 sec.; flight distance, 416,195,878 mi. (669,784,027 km.) ; flight height, 254 mi. (408 km.) ; and maximum weight raised to the flight height, 11,729 lbs. (5,320 kg.). (Pravda, 1/15/65, 6; Krasnaya Zvezda, 1/15/65, 4, ATSS-T Trans.)
Top fuel experts of the Coordinating Research Council of New York reported that adoption of a single type of jet fuel by the entire airline industry "would not significantly improve the over-all excellent safety record of commercial aviation." The study on fuel safety was, requested by Federal Aviation Agency Administrator Najeeb E. Halaby following the fatal in-flight explosion that occurred in a jet airliner December 8, 1963, near Elkton, Md. The aircraft was carrying a mixture of JP-4 and kerosene when it exploded in a lightning storm, giving rise to the question of the relative safety of the two fuels including the effects of mixing the two. Consensus of the group was that the airlines should continue their policy of being individually responsible for selecting fuels and for safety practices associated with handling such fuels. Another conclusion was that aircraft safety depended less upon the particular type of fuel used than upon equipment design and proper fueling techniques. (FAA Release 65-9)
AEC entered into 33 mo. contracts with Combustion Engineering, Windsor, Conn, and Atomics International, Canoga Park, Calif., for joint research and development work on the heavy water-moderated, organic-cooled reactor concept. This concept could lead to construction of large central station power plants and applications to large-scale water desalting operations. (AEC Release H-12)
U.S. recorded seismic signals from an underground event in the Soviet nuclear testing area in the Semipalatinsk region. The event was reportedly 75 times stronger than previous explosions registered from the same area. (AEC Release H-13; AP, New Orleans Times-Picayune, 1/17/65)
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