Jan 5 1968
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
Resignation of Dr. Robert C. Seamans, Jr, as Deputy Administrator of NASA, announced Oct. 2, 1967, became effective. (NASA Release 67-257)
USAF announced launch of 200th Minuteman ICBM from Vandenberg AFB. Since September 1962, Vandenberg had been launch site for missiles fired over Pacific Ocean for crew training, reliability tests, and developmental work. (Boeing Release)
Computer services for 1968 would be provided to major contractors operating at Michoud Assembly Facility by Ling-Temco-Vought's Range Systems Div. under $2.7-million MSFC contract, MSFC announced. Second of three one-year renewed options, contract now had total value of $7.6 million. Services would include operation and maintenance of a large complex of digital and analog computers, data transmission systems, data reduction systems, and related electronic equipment. (MSFC Release 68-1)
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