May 24 1974
From The Space Library
Space News for this day. (1MB PDF)
Johnson Space Center had requested proposals from 21 firms to design, develop, fabricate, install, and check out one orbiter aeroflight simulator to support crew training during Orbiter 1 development flights in the space shuttle program, JSC announced. (JSC Release 84[74]-150)
President Nixon announced his intention to nominate John C. Sawhill to be Administrator of the Federal Energy Administration. He had served as Deputy Administrator of the Federal Energy Office from 4 Dec. 1973 to 8 May 1974, when he became Acting Administrator. The nomination was sent to the Senate 28 May and confirmed 18 June. (PD, 27 May 74, 541-542; 3 June 74, 570; NASA LAR, XIII/82)
The Navy announced that Texas Instruments Inc. had been awarded a $1 400 000, incrementally funded cost-reimbursement contract for preliminary design of the high-speed antiradiation missile (HARM). The contract contained an option for engineering development including weapon system integration, prototype, and pilot production at a total estimated cost of $40 000 000. (DOD Release 221-74)
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