May 29 1968

From The Space Library

Command module for Apollo 7, first manned Apollo flight, left North American Rockwell Corp.'s Downey, Calif., plant enroute to Kennedy Space Center. Service module had arrived at KSC May 17. (NASA Release 68-100)

Saturn V 2nd stage planned for first manned Apollo/Saturn V mission passed cryogenic proof pressure test at NASA Mississippi Test Facility. (MSFC Release 68-119)

NASA announced changes in Aerospace Safety Panel personnel: Dr. Charles D. Harrington, President of Douglas United Nuclear, Inc., was elected Chairman. Dr. Eberhard F. M. Rees, Deputy Director (Techni- cal) at MSFC and Special Assistant to Apollo Spacecraft Manager, re­signed from panel to devote full time to these assignments. Newly named to panel were: Frank C. Di Luzio, President of Raynolds Elec­trical and Engineering Co., Inc., and Vice President of EG&G, Inc.; Gen. Orval Cook (USAF, Ret.) ; and Dr. Harold Agnew, Weapons Div. Leader, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. Dr. William A. Mrazek, As­sistant Director for Engineering and Chief Engineer for Industrial Op­erations at MSFC, was named consultant. (NASA Release 68-98)

NASA. selected Computer Sciences Corp., Lockheed Electronics Co., Com­puter Applications, Inc., and Service Technology Corp. (LTV), for com­petitive negotiations pn $1-million one-year renewable contract to pro­vide computer support services at Electronics Research Center. (NASA Release 68-99)

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