Jul 27 1971
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R.'s Mars 2 (launched May 19) and Mars 3 (launched May 28) were continuing to operate satisfactorily en route to Mars, Tass announced. By 6:00 am Moscow time (11:00 pm EDT July 26) Mars 2 had completed 43 communications sessions and was 17 580 000 km (10 924 000 mi) from earth; Mars 3 had completed 38 sessions and was 16400 000 km (10 190 000 mi) from earth. Data from Mars 2 and Mars 3 measurements of corpuscular beams of solar and galactic cosmic radiation had confirmed data from same measurements con-ducted by Lunokhod 1 lunar rover on moon. (Tass, FBrs-Sov-144 3, 7/27/71, Ll )
House agreed to conference report on H.R. 7109, FY 1972 NASA authorization bill, and sent measure to the Senate for further action. Report had recommended total authorization of $3.355 billion [see July 21]. (CR, 7/27/71, 117185-8, D768)
Aerobee 170 sounding rocket was launched by NASA from WSMR carrying Univ. of Michigan experiment to study airglow. Rocket and instruments functioned satisfactorily. (SR list)
UPI compared $400-million cost of Apollo 14 mission (Jan. 31-Feb. 9) with $445-million cost of Apollo 15 mission. Breakdown of Apollo 15 cost was reportedly: CSM, $65 million; LM, $50 million; Saturn V booster, $185 million; ALSEP, $25 million; LRV, $8 million; lunar orbit science laboratory, $17 million; and operations, $95 million. Total estimated cost of entire Apollo lunar exploration program through Apollo 17 was $26.5 billion. (UPI, NYT, 7/27/71, 14)
NASA's Apollo 15 was 5351st man-made object launched since U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik 1 Oct. 4, 1957, according to Air Defense Command Hq. figures reported by AP. Center was tracking 2454 objects still in orbit. (NYT, 7/27/71, 14)
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