Nov 18 1964
From The Space Library
A Thor-Agena D booster was used by USAF to launch an unidentified satellite from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. (M&R, 11/23/64, 8 HHN-4 8 )
Flights to study the effects of sonic booms on structures and "to obtain preliminary data on sleep disturbance" began at White Sands Missile Range. The flights would be made through Dec. 17 and from Jan. 5 through Feb. 4 under the direction of the Federal Aviation Agency, as part of the program to develop a supersonic transport aircraft. (Clark, NYT, 11/13/64, 58)
The Hermann Oberth Award, presented annually by the Alabama chapter of AIAA, was awarded posthumously to Hugh M. Taylor, former special assistant to the Chief of the Guidance and Control Division, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Taylor, who had worked at Redstone Arsenal since 1951, was killed in a plane crash July 9 near Newport, Tenn. (Marshall Star, 11/11/64, 1, and 11/25/64, 1)
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