Nov 20 1965
From The Space Library
Plans for the side-by-side orbiting of Canadian Alouette and U.S. Explorer satellites to study the ionosphere were announced. Previously scheduled for Nov. 23 from Western Test Range, the launch had been postponed until at least Nov. 26 because of telemetry problems with the U.S. satellite, Double-launch project was called Isis-X (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies). (AP, NYT, 11/21/ 65, 11; Wash. Post, 11/21/65, A14)
William E. Simkin, director of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, reported that "some progress" had been made in efforts to settle the IAM strike against McDonnell Aircraft Corp. which began Nov. 18. Union had demanded changes in job specifications and was dissatisfied with machinery for filing grievances against management, McDonnell was prime contractor for the Gemini spacecraft at Cape Kennedy. (Jones, NYT, 11/21/65, 43)
Gemini VII fuel cell system that would power the spacecraft during its 14-day mission was successfully turned on and was reportedly "working very well." Original fuel cell system had suffered possible damage because of a testing error Nov. 15 and had been replaced Nov. 17. Checks of the new unit were delayed by the strike against McDonnell Aircraft Corp. by IAM machinists at Kennedy Space Center. (NYT, 11/22/65, 40)
For more than six years, U.S. nuclear warheads had been mounted secretly on planes and missiles of West Germany and other North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies, the New York Times reported. Through a combination of physical and electronic controls, the warheads had remained under American custody, and the allies could not use the weapons without specific approval of the U.S. (Finney, NYT, 11/21/65, 1)
Japanese Navy icebreaker Fuji, a floating laboratory with a battering ram for a bow, left Tokyo on a voyage of scientific exploration in frozen Antarctic seas. Observations planned by the 18 scientists aboard were linked to worldwide scientific activity during the International Quiet Sun Year. (Trumbull, NYT, 11/21/65, 30)
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