Jan 23 1966
From The Space Library
Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA) of the US. Department of Commerce announced creation of an interagency committee to coordinate Government research efforts in clear air turbulence (CAT). ‘‘(ESSA Release 66-3)
NASA Lewis Research Center, first Government laboratory devoted to flight propulsion in all its aspects, celebrated its 25th anniversary. Authorized by Congress in 1940, the NACA facility was originally called the Aircraft Engine Research Lab.; it was renamed the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory in 1948 in honor of Dr. George W. Lewis, former NACA Director of Aeronautical Research (1924-47). In 1958, when NACA facilities and personnel were absorbed by the newly created NASA, the facility became the Lewis Research Center. From an initial Congressional appropriation of $2 million in 1941, LRC had emerged as a major research and development laboratory valued at $200 million. Marking the anniversary, LRC Director Dr. Abe Silverstein said: “Man isn’t going to be held to a single conquest or success. The past decade has seen aviation and rocketry undergo phenomenal change, but we’ve just started to realize its potential. The present generation will live to fly better than 2,000 mph in commercial aircraft and to observe at close range the interplanetary exploits of US. astronauts. The past 25 years have witnessed truly remarkable strides in aeronautics and space activities. In 1941, man had the capability to fly 300 mph and to attain altitudes of perhaps 30,000 ft. Today, he orbits the earth at 17,500 mph and in a few years will set foot on the moon and possibly later Mars.” ‘‘(LRC Release 66-1; Lewis News, 1/23/66, 1-12; WI, Miami Herald, 1/24/66)’’
NASA Nike-Cajun meteorological sounding rocket launched from Churchill Research Range carried 19-grenade payload to 78-mi. (125-km.) altitude. GSFC experiment obtained temperature, wind, density, and pressure data during auroral condition at altitudes to 56 mi. (90 km.) by recording sound arrivals of explosions of all 19 grenades. ‘‘(NASA Rpt. SRL)’’
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