Jun 5 1967
From The Space Library
Cosmos CLXIII was launched by U.S.S.R. into orbit with 593-km (368-mi) apogee, 255-km (158-mi) perigee, 93.1-min period, and 48.4° inclination. Instruments performed satisfactorily. Satellite reentered Oct. 11. (UPI, NYT, 6/6/67,3; GSFC SSR, 10/15/67)
The Washington Post commented on the death of Dr. Lloyd V. Berkner: In every generation there are a few men whose. personal careers reflect with precision the great changes that have come over the country in their lifetime. Lloyd Viel Berkner built his first radio transmitter as a schoolboy in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and in 1928 he joined an expedition to the South Pole. Three decades later he emerged as one of the most effective advocates of American exploration in space. "In those years American science had become a vast interwoven fabric of academic and Federal laboratories, foundations and private corporations, civilian operations and military operations. Mr. Berkner moved in this world, which he had signally helped to create, not only as a scientist of distinction but as an organizer and manager of extraordinary force and capacity. . . ." (W Post, 6/5/67)
NASA selected J. H. Lawrence Co. for negotiations on a one-year, $2.25-million contract to provide plant maintenance at GSFC. (NASA Release 67-145)
A manned Apollo spacecraft should be launched to recover EXPLORER I, first US. satellite, whose orbit was expected to decay in late 1969, G. Snowden of Melbourne, Australia, suggested in a Letter to the Editor of Aviation Week. "When Apollo swings into action, maybe one of the tasks could be a rendezvous and retrieval of man's first satellite. I say first because Sputnik 1 and 2 have decayed, leaving EXPLORER I at the head of the list. A replica can be built at a fraction of the cost of retrieval, but there is nothing like having the original. Not only would it have value as a historic memento of man's venture into space, but also to scientists. I am certain after nearly 10 years in space it would be valuable to them. . . ." (Av Wk, 6/5/67,110)
Cost of reserving future delivery positions for SST would be $750,000 each, under new policy announced by FAA and Boeing Co., SST airframe contractor. In addition, all payments would be made directly to Boeing Co. and would be used in lieu of Government funds to help finance SST development. Original policy, established in November 1963 and applicable to 113 positions presently assigned, required airlines to deposit with US. Treasury a total of $200,000 for each delivery position reserved-$100,000 initially and $100,000 six months after initiation of prototype construction. on February 6, FAA asked 12 U.S. companies on SST delivery list to also contribute $1 million per delivery position to the cost of prototype construction. (FAA Release 67-52)
June 5 Pilot performing with the French Patrol, the aerobatic team of the French Air Force, was killed when his jet aircraft crashed and burst into flames during final aerial display at the Paris International Air and Space Show. Aircraft failed to pull out of a dive, bounced along the airfield, and then exploded about 100 yds from the grandstand, injuring several spectators. (NYT, 6/6/67, 77M)
France exploded nuclear device from a balloon over Mururoa Atoll in the Pacific. Test was first of four in 1967 series designed to perfect a trigger for the hydrogen bomb France planned to explode in 1968. (UPI, NYT, 6/23/67, 2)
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