Dec 20 1969
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos CCCXV into orbit with 541-km (336.2-mi) apogee, 518-km (321.9-mi) perigee, 95.2-min period, and 74.0° inclination. (GSFC SSR, 12/31/69)
Apollo 11 Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, to meet with Peace Corps officials on Presidential mission. (AP, W Post, 12/21/69, A17; W Star, 12/21/69, D7)
Lunar rock sample weighing 34.1 gm left Lisbon, Portugal, for Washington, D.C., after eight-day exhibit that attracted some 60,000 persons, including 400 leaders of Portuguese scientific, military, and educational world. Rock, shown on Portuguese TV to estimated 9 million viewers, would be sent to Prague. (NYT, 12/21/69, 22)
Bell Aerosystems Co. announced it would become Bell Aerospace Co. Div. of Textron, Inc." effective Jan. 3, 1970, when Bell Aerospace Corp. would merge into Textron. (Bell Aerosystems Release 52)
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