Jul 23 1963
From The Space Library
238-lb. instrumented payload to measure intensity of light from stars was launched with Aerobee 150A sounding rocket from NASA Wallops Station to altitude of 110 mi. Telemetry data obtained during flight would be compared with data from similar experiment, conducted July 19. (Wallops Release 63-71) )
Dr. George E. Mueller, Vice President for R&D of Space Technology Laboratories, named to new position of NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, succeeding D. Brainerd Holmes who would resign Sept. 1 as Director of Office of Manned Space Flight and Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight Centers. (NASA Release 63-162)
First test-firing of twin-engine system which would power Titan III upper stage, engines producing 16,000 lbs. of thrust in 284-sec. test at Aerojet-General Corp., Sacramento. Engines were started and stopped three times in the firing. (M&R 7/29/63, 19)
Addressing commencement of Parks Air College of Univ. of St. Louis, NASA Director of Advanced Research and Technology Dr. Raymond L. Bisplinghoff discussed research and development required to build an "economically attractive supersonic transport airplane." He pointed out that this nation's "total manned aircraft flight time beyond Mach number 2.5 is less than four hours, all of which has been amassed by NASA's Flight Research Center at Edwards, California, " . we are undertaking a challenging and difficult development, but one that we can handle by a reasonable stretching of today's technology." (Text)
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, addressing Governors' Conference at Miami Beach, said "In the world of today, we must recognize that the winds and the waves are with us. This is the time for us to steer straight and true toward the horizons we have for so long hoped to reach. "But we should also recognize that favoring winds are rising at home. Our record in space is a prime example. We started late. We moved too slowly at first. "But the record shows now that where the Soviet Union has successfully launched 43 payloads into orbit, the United States has launched 144. "Our ratio of successes to failures in launchings prior to 1961 was only 1 to 1-but it has now reached the ratio of 5 to 1. "The Soviet continues its lead in the ability to launch heavier weight into space. But we are pulling far ahead in developing practical uses of space with weather, communication, and navigation satellites. "We are not racing for prestige in space. We are engaged in a deadly serious race for peace-and for control of our own destiny. This is a race free men must win . . . ." (Text, CR, A4759-60)
X-19 Vtol aircraft, first of three vertical-rising aircraft being built. under Army-Navy-Air Force program, unveiled at Caldwell, N.J. X-19 was designed to combine agility of helicopter with speed of fixed-wing airplane. (Hudson, NYT, 7/24/63)
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