Oct 21 1970
From The Space Library
Two solid fuel rockets, carrying cloud-measuring payload triggering device, were launched from KSC in lightning study, but electrical field was too low for triggering payload to ignite lightning discharge. Launches were first in NASA Mighty Mouse program being conducted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency to study feasibility of discharging lightning potential from clouds before lightning could damage vulnerable areas, such as launch pads. (KSC Releases 354-70, 337-70)
October 21-22: Soyuz IX Cosmonauts Andrian G. Nikolayev and Vitaly I. Sevastyanov toured MSFC and Alabama Space and Rocket Center during two-day visit to Huntsville, Ala. (Huntsville Times, 10/22/70)
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