Aug 24 1973
From The Space Library
The U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 581 from Baykonur Cosmodrome into orbit with a 282-km (175.2-mi) apogee, 171-km (106.3-mi) perigee, 89-min period, and 51.6° inclination. The spacecraft reentered Sept. 6. (GSFC SSR, 8/31/73; 12/31/73; SBD, 9/6/73, 10)
Direct satellite communications via Intelsat-IV F-4 began between Thai-land and the People's Republic of China. (UPI, W Star-News, 8/24/73, A2; ComSatCorp PIO)
Ames Research Center scientists had developed a miniaturized radio transmitter in pill form to monitor temperatures of the human body, NASA announced. Used in the space program to monitor persons in a simulated spacecraft environment, the transmitter could detect minute variations in temperature which often indicated to doctors the presence of infection. Produced in volume, the transmitter pill could be sold for 50 cents. ARC was working to decrease the pill's size still farther and to increase its transmitting power without increasing its cost. (NASA Re-lease 73-167)
Demonstration electromechanical devices developed for emergency aid to astronauts in space had been adapted, tested, and installed in a Hunts-ville (Ala.) Hospital room by Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA announced. The devices permitted remote control by severely handicapped or paralyzed patients of communications systems and appliances for comfort and recreation. (NASA Release 73-169)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
