Aug 20 1974
From The Space Library
President Ford nominated Nelson A. Rockefeller, former Governor of New York, as 41st Vice President of the United States. (PD, 26 Aug 74, 1050-1; 1063, 1064)
The International Telecommunications Satellite Organization marked its 10th anniversary. Membership, originally at 14, had grown to 86 countries, which jointly owned the four Intelsat IV satellites and three spare Intelsat III satellites in the global communications system. The system provided more than 5000 international telephone circuits plus telegraph, telex, data, and TV services; charges had progressively dropped from the initial $32 000 per year for a half circuit to $9000. The permanent INTELSAT Organization had come into being 12 Feb 1973, replacing the interim Consortium that had operated since 20 Aug. 1964. (INTELSAT Release 74-2)
Dr. Edward G. Gibson, science pilot on the 84-day Skylab 4 mission (16 Nov. 1973-8 Feb. 1974), announced he would leave the NASA astronaut corps 30 Nov. 1974. Dr. Gibson, a scientist-astronaut since 1965, would join Aerospace Corp. of Los Angeles as a senior staff scientist, specializing in the interpretation of solar data gathered during the 171 days of manned operation in the Skylab program. He had held primary responsibility for the 338 hrs of Apollo Telescope Mount operation on. Skylab 4, making extensive observations of solar processes. (JSC Release 74-246)
20-22 August: More than 70 papers on the Skylab program were presented at the 20th annual meeting of the American Astronautical Society, held at the University of Southern California. Billed as the definitive report on Skylab, the conference addressed Skylab evolution, accomplishments, and applications to future NASA missions. Eight NASA representatives were presented at the 22 Aug. session of the conference as newly elected Fellows of the AAS. (MSFC PIO, interview, 11 July 75; MSFC Release 74- 136 ; WFC Release 74-8; JSC Releases 74-163, 74-246)
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