Jul 8 1973
From The Space Library
Loading of the Apollo command and service module's hypergolic propellants was completed at Kennedy Space Center in preparation for the July 28 launch of Skylab 3. (KSC Release 163-73)
Miami chemist Harry Bennett received U.S. Patent No. 3 738 374 for a tobacco less cigarette filled with graphitized carbons developed by NASA for space use. The carbon, which would emit normal combustion gases and produce an ash without nicotine or tar, had been used by NASA to resist heat and strengthen lightweight structural components in space-craft. (Pat Off PIo; B Sun, 7/17/73)
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