Feb 6 1974
From The Space Library
Skylab 3 Astronauts Alan L. Bean and Jack R. Lousma, launched 28 July 1973 to spend 59 days aboard the Orbital Workshop, were honored by Secretary of the Navy John W. Warner in a Pentagon ceremony. Bean received his second Navy Distinguished Service Medal. Lousma received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and Navy astronaut wings. (DOD Release 54-74)
The Apollo 16 command module (launched 16 April 1972) went on public display at the Alabama Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville. The CM, called Casper, had carried Astronauts Thomas K. Mattingly II, Charles M. Duke, Jr., and John W. Young to the moon and back during the fifth successful lunar landing mission. (Marshall Star, 6 Feb 74, 1)
Dr. Karl G. Henize, scientist-astronaut, suffered a "landing mishap" while on instrument flight plan after flying his T-38 trainer aircraft from Ellington Air Force Base to Bergstrom AFB, Tex. Dr. Henize was not injured. A wheel on the T-38 collapsed and the aircraft was damaged. (JSC Release 74-50; JSC Hist Off, interview)
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