Feb 28 1964
From The Space Library
NASA Nike-Apache sounding rocket with instrumentation to obtain data on charged particles responsible for visual aurora and on charged particles responsible for auroral absorptions was launched from Ft. Churchill, Canada, to 127-mi. altitude. Instrumented 'payload included five charged-particle detectors, aspect magnetometer, and accelerometer. All flight objectives were met. (NASA Rpt. SRL)
NASA and Australian Ministry of Supply announced installation to command flight of Syncom C synchronous-orbit communications satellite would be installed at Salisbury, Australia. Installation would have two functions: monitor the Syncom's attitude and command its apogee-motor firing, and command the satellite's control system to make any necessary adjustments to maintain synchronous position. (NASA Release 64 47)
NASA announced Saturn contract modifications totaling $16,448,169 had been awarded to Chrysler Corp. Space Div, which was assembling two Saturn I first stages and 12 Saturn IB first stages at NASA Michoud Operations. One award was for expansion of Chrysler's Saturn booster reliability testing program at Michoud. Other two awards were for increased engineering support at Marshall Space Flight Center and John F. Kennedy Space Center, NASA. (NASA Release 64 48)
Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, NASA Deputy Administrator, said in letter to NASA Center Directors and Heads of Headquarters Program and Staff Offices: "I call upon each of you ... to demonstrate full equality of opportunity without regard to sex, and that personal attitudes must not be allowed to operate adversely against women, or men, in recruitment, selection, training, or promotion.. . . I now ask your full cooperation in meeting these stated objectives." (NASA Hq. PB 64-14)
USAF launched Thor-Agena D launch vehicle from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., with unidentified satellite payload. (UPI, Wash Post, 2/28/64; HHN-48)
With no FY 1965 funds authorized for Snap-10A flight test, AEC would "quietly continue to press for authority to conduct flight tests of Snap-10A, even without the cooperation of a potential customer," Jonathan Spivak predicted in the Wall Street Journal. Estimated cost of flight test of the 500-watt nuclear power system was $12 million. (Spivak, WSJ, 2/28/64)
Thomas Jefferson Wong, 40, internationally known research scientist and head of manned Mars mission studies at NASA Ames Research Center, died after apparent heart attack. Mr. Wong had been with Ames far 13 years. (Palo Alto Times, 3/2/64)
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