Nov 3 1964
From The Space Library
NASA Aerobee 150 sounding rocket launched by USN from the White Sands Missile Range, N. Mex., carried a spectrograph payload prepared by Princeton Univ. to 78.8-mi. altitude before the payload returned to earth by parachute. Primary objective of studying ultra-violet radiation of three stars in the constellation Orion was achieved Payload was recovered in good condition and the film extracted and developed. Princeton said it believed this was the first time any university had attempted to study the atmosphere and composition of stars by means of equipment contained in a rocket. (NASA Rpt. Sm..; NYT, 11/17/64, 72)
NASA launched a Nike-Cajun sounding rocket from Wallops Island to an altitude of 76.8, with grenade payload to obtain temperature, wind, density, and pressure measurements. Experiments were provided by Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) scientists. Rocket performance was excellent but instrumentation performance was unsatisfactory since grenades did not eject or explode. (NASA Rpt. SkL)
NASA announced signing Memorandum of Understanding with Norwegian Space Research Committee and the Ionospheric Research Laboratory of the Royal Technical Institute of Denmark to extend joint sounding rocket program of investigations of the ionosphere. Tentative schedule of new series called for two Nike-Apache launches this year and two more early next year from Norway's Andoeya Range and two Nike-Apache launches from U.S. facilities. Scandinavian groups would purchase the four sounding rockets to be launched in Norway, fund their own experiments, and operate Andoeya Range. NASA would sup-ply two sounding rockets to be launched in U.S., fund its experiments, and provide use of its Wallops Island, Va., range. There had been 11 successful launchings in this program since 1962. (NASA Release 64- 274)
Appointment of Brig. Gen. David M. Jones (USAF) as NASA Deputy Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight, effective Dec. 15, was announced by NASA Associate Administrator for Manned Space Flight Dr. George E. Mueller. Gen. Jones would be primarily concerned with major development problems in Gemini and Apollo programs, planning for advanced missions and all mission operations. His most recent assignment had been as Deputy Chief of Staff (Systems), AFSC. (NASA Release 64-277)
Geraldo de Carvalho Silos told the U.N. Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space that Brazil would establish a rocket center near Natal and would seek U.N. sponsorship for the facility. The U.N. had been asked to sponsor a similar international facility at Thumba, India. (NYT, 11/4/64, 39)
DOD announced award of $1,692,001 contract for construction of dual vertical checkout and pneumatic test station Saturn S-II facility at Seal Beach, Calif. (DOD Release 788-64)
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