Nov 4 1977
From The Space Library
Johnson Space Center announced that the ninth group of Shuttle astronaut applicants would report Nov. 7 for physicals and interviews. The group, 21 mission specialist applicants and 2 pilot applicants, included 12 civilians; 2 were women, bringing the number of female applicants interviewed to 20. Of the military applicants, 5 were Navy; 4, USAF; and 1 each from the Army and Marines. NASA had screened 183 applicants so far, 79 seeking to be pilots and 104 mission specialists. (JSC Release 77-70; NASA Release 77-232)
JSC announced it had selected ILC Industries, Inc., of Fredrica, Md., to negotiate a $1.2-million contract for Shuttle crew equipment and stowage provisions. The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract running from Jan. 1978 to the end of Sept. 1980 would cover items such as crew clothing, an orbiter survival kit, and personal hygiene kits, as well as replacement, servicing, and maintenance, with special studies of the crew equipment. (JSC Release 77-71)
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