Jun 3 1971
From The Space Library
House, by vote of 302 to 64, passed H.R. 7109, $3.433 billion FY 1972 NASA authorization bill, after agreeing by voice vote to amendment deleting $500 000 for feasibility studies of offshore airports. House rejected amendment that would have eliminated $125 million for space shuttle system. (CR, 6/3/71, H4588-628)
At Paris Air Show Apollo 14 Astronauts Alan B. Shepard, Jr., Edgar D. Mitchell, and Stuart A. Roosa met in Soviet Pavilion with Vostok 4 Cosmonaut Pavel R. Popovich and Soyuz 9 Cosmonauts Vitaly I. Sevastyanov and Andrian G. Nikolayev. Astronauts saw models of Baikonur launch complex, Vostok 1, and Soyuz spacecraft; examined display devoted to 10th anniversary of first space flight by Yuri A. Gagarin on April 12, 1961; ascended to Soyuz CM; and admired Lunokhod 1 lunar vehicle and Luna 16 unmanned spacecraft that had returned lunar samples to earth. Later astronauts and cosmonauts went to U.S. Pavilion where cosmonauts were shown Apollo 12 spacecraft and other exhibits. Cosmonauts presented astronauts with model of Soyuz spacecraft; astronauts reciprocated with small Soviet flag they had carried to moon aboard Apollo 14 and NASA astronaut badges. (FBIs-Sov-71-108, 6/4/71, Fl; NYT, 6/3/71, 41)
Ground test version of Skylab workshop arried at MSFC aboard NASA barge Orion from MSC. Called "dynamic test article," workshop would be modified for extensive structural testing in MSFC dynamic test tower during two-month program to start about Nov. 1. (MSFC Release 71-93)
Langley Visitor Information Center was dedicated in formal ceremonies at LaRC. Dr. James C. Fletcher attended, in first official visit of new NASA Administrator to any NASA center. Rep. Thomas N. Downing (D-Va.) said in dedication speech: "Space flight has opened up new vistas of flight and of the mind to understand the universe and our place in it. Our technology has become the world's best and has brought us prosperity in a highly competitive environment." Dr. Fletcher said center would give public broad understanding of what was happening in aerospace technology. Science was "part of our everyday life." Technological society would continue "for the next 100 or perhaps 1,000 years," Center displayed model aircraft, model spacecraft, lunar sample, and suit used by Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr., while training for Apollo 14 mission. (Langley Researcher, 5/28/71, 1; 6/11/71, 1: Text)
NASA Performance Evaluation Board had given NR Space Div. incentive award fees of $234 600 and $307 350 for Apollo CSM and Saturn V 2nd stage (S-II), NASA announced. Awards covered management performance under contracts during 1970. (NASA Release 71-97)
"USAF in Space" exhibit opened at Smithsonian Institution. Exhibit included two Vela nuclear detection satellites and DOD comsat, scale models of wind tunnels and space chambers, no-torque impact wrench to counter effect of weightlessness, astronaut equipment, prototype space tool for tests simulating weightlessness under water, and sextant used on Dec. 4-18, 1965, Gemini 7 mission. Also exhibited were scale models of AFCRL solar telescope and Titan boosters and integrating maneuvering life support system-NASA- USAF spacesuit for EVA out-side orbiting laboratories. (AFSC Newsreview, 9/71, 8-9)
House agreed to H.R. 461 electing Rep. Mendel J. Davis (D-S.C.) to House Committee on Science and Astronautics. (CR, 6/3/71, H4628)
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