Jul 26 1975
From The Space Library
By a vote of 73 to 7, the Senate passed H.R. 8070, the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies' Appropriations Bill for FY 1976, as reported out by the Appropriations Committee on 24 July. NASA was provided a total of $3.543 billion for FY 1976, and $925 million for the transition period from 1 July to 30 Sept. 1976. (CR, 26 July 75, 513863-98)
The lung condition of the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project astronauts, who had inhaled nitrogen tetroxide fumes during Apollo reentry [see 15- 24 July], had improved, NASA Flight Surgeon Dr. Arnauld Nicogossian told reporters at a crew-status briefing. The astronauts had been transferred from the intensive-care unit of Tripler Hospital to other hospital quarters. Astronaut Donald K. Slayton's x-rays showed a 70 to 80% improvement in the condition of his lungs; astronauts Vance D. Brand and Thomas P. Stafford had improved, but not as much. (ASTP Transcript PC-58)
The Senate passed a resolution, S. Res. 222, congratulating NASA and the Soviet Academy of Sciences on the outstanding success of the joint Apollo-Soyuz Test Project [see 15-24 July]. (CR, 26 July 75, 513914)
People's Republic of China launched its third satellite into an earth orbit with a 455-km apogee, 182-km perigee, 90.9-min period, and 69.0° inclination. PRO's Hsinhua news agency reported 27 July that the satellite had been launched "under the guidance of Chairman Mao's [Tse-tung] proletarian revolutionary line ... promoting production and other work and preparedness against war." Hsinhua also reported that the instruments on board the satellite were operating normally.
The satellite was PRO's first in 4 yr. Baltimore Sun correspondent Edward K. Wu attributed the apparent slowdown in the PRC space program to an estimated 25% cutback in military spending. PRO's first two satellites had been successfully launched 24 April 1970 and 2 March 1971. (Wkly SSR, 25-30 July 1975; FBIS-PRC, 28 July 75, El; Wu, B Sun, 28 July 75, A4; W Post, 28 July 75, A14; A&A 70; A&A 71)
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