Jan 24 1973
From The Space Library
Cosmos 545 was launched by the U.S.S.R. from Plesetsk into orbit with a 492-km (305.7-mi) apogee, 268-km (166.5-mi) perigee, 92.1-min period, and 71.0° inclination. The satellite reentered July 31. (GSFC SSR; 1/31/73; 7/31/73; SBD, 1/26/73, 124)
The U.S. National Scientific Balloon Facility launched a 20-m (64-ft) instrumented balloon for NASA from Oakey Field, Queensland, Australia, in Project Boomerang. The project was part of NASA's balloon program to study near-earth phenomena. [See March 22.] (NASA Release 73-48)
Rep. John W. McFall (D-Calif.) introduced H.Res. 158, providing for 30 members of the House Committee on Science and Astronautics: Rep. Olin E. Teague (D-Tex.), Chairman, succeeding Rep. George P. Miller (D-Calif.), who had been defeated in a 1972 primary; Rep. Ken Hechler (D-W. Va.) ; Rep. John W. Davis (D-Ga.) ; Rep. Thomas N. Downing (D-Va.); Rep. Don Fuqua (D-Fla.) ; Rep. James W. Symington (D-Mo.) ; Rep. Richard T. Hanna (D-Calif.) ; Rep. Walter Flowers (D-Ala.) ; Rep. Robert A. Roe (D-N.J.) ; Rep. William R. Cotter (D-Conn.) ; Rep. Mike McCormack (D-Wash.) ; Rep. Bob S. Bergland (D-Minn.) ; Rep. J. J. Pickle (D-Tex.) ; Rep. George E. Brown, Jr. (D-Calif.) ; Rep. Dale Milford (D-Tex.) ; Rep. Ray Thornton (D-Ark.) ; Rep. Bill Gunter (D-Fla.) ; Rep. Charles A. Mosher (R-Ohio) ; Rep. Alphonzo Bell (R-Calif.) ; Rep. John W. Wydler (RN.Y.) ; Rep. Larry Winn, Jr. (R-Kan.); Rep. Lou Frey, Jr. (R-Fla.) ;; Rep. Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. (R-Calif.) ; Rep. Marvin L. Esch (RMich.) ; Rep. Lawrence Coughlin (R-Pa.) ; Rep. John N. Happy Camp (R-Okla.) ; Rep. John B. Conlan (R-Ariz.) ; Rep. Stanford E. Parris (R-Va.) ; Rep. Paul W. Cronin (R-Mass.) ; and Rep. James G. Martin (R-N.C.). (CR, 1/24/73, H442-H443; A&A 1972)
January 24-25: Symposium on recycling used glass containers was held in Albuquerque, N. Mex., by Univ. of New Mexico Technical Application Center (TAC), Albuquerque Environmental Health Dept., and Glass Containers Manufacturers Institute. Representatives of NASA's public technology program, glass researchers, and city and county officials discussed recycling glass into glassphalt road surfacing material, foams for building insulation, and other new products. TAC operated one of NASA's six Regional Dissemination Centers for space agency-developed technology. (NASA Release 73-7; NASA PAO)
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