Oct 7 1970
From The Space Library
Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket, launched by NASA from Wallops Station, ejected barium cloud at 257.5-km (160-mi) altitude to provide data on electric and magnetic fields in geomagnetosphere. Barium-release payload was first to use liquid fluorine. Fuel tank contained hydrazine mixed with barium salts. Fluorine oxidizer, carried in separate tank under cryogenic conditions, reacted hypergolically with fuel via valve, manifold, and burner system. Resulting barium cloud was photographed and tracked from several sites along East Coast. Similar launch had been conducted Oct. 5. (WS Release 70-15)
NASA released preliminary time line for Apollo 14 manned lunar landing mission. Spacecraft would lift off from KSC at 3:23 PM EST Jan. 31, 1971; land LM north of moon's Fra Mauro crater at 4:14 am EST Feb. 5 for 34-hr stay; and splash down in Pacific at 4:01 pm ST Feb. 9. (NASA Release 70-166)
Apollo 13 Astronauts James A. Lovell, Jr., Fred W. Haise, Jr., and John L. Swigert, Jr. in Lucerne, Switzerland, on European goodwill tour-visited Swiss Transport Museum and Longines Planetarium. They were shown representation of view of earth from Mars. (NASA Hist Off)
USAF F-111 crashed at Carswell AFB, Tex., killing pilot and copilot. (WSJ,10/28-70, 25)
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