Jun 3 1967
From The Space Library
U.S.S.R.'s next manned space flight would use a Soyuz spacecraft similar to the one which crashed April 24, according to Astronauts Michael Collins and David R. Scott who had discussed future space plans with Soviet cosmonauts at the Paris International Air and Space Show [see May 26-31]. In UPI interview Collins and Scott said they were "amazed by the similarities between the two [US. and U.S.S.R.] space programs." Collins said that Cosmonauts Pavel Belyayev and Konstantin Feoktistov indicated "that there would be several earth orbital flights and then . . . a circumlunar flight" (UPI, W Post, 6/4/67, A9)
June 8: USAF launched unidentified satellite with Atlas-Agena D booster from WTR; satellite reentered June 12. (UPI, NYT, 6/6/67; Pres Rep 1967)
Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner, a leading scientific pioneer in the US. space program, died at age 62. He collapsed, apparently of a heart attack, while attending a Washington, D.C., meeting of the NAS Council, and died the next day. Credited with being the "father" of the International Geophysical Year (IGY), Dr. Berkner was the principal administrator of the U.S. part of the IGY program during its operation in 1957 and 1958. From 1958-1962, he was chairman of NRC's Space Science Board, which advised the Government on the national program of space research. For his "outstanding and pioneering leadership," of SSB, received NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal Oct. 7, 1966. He served as President of the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest in Dallas from 1960 until 1965, when he retired because of health. He continued until recently as Chairman of the Board of Trustees, and was a member of the NASA Historical Advisory Committee. A Rear Admiral in the US. Navy Reserve, Dr. Berkner would be buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery June 7. (NYT, 6/5/67, 41; W Star, 6/5/67, B5; Science, 6/9/67, 1349)
Charles F. Bingman, Director of Management Programs, OMSF, became Deputy Director of the Office of Organization and Management Planning. (NASA Ann, 6/9/67)
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