Oct 31 1964
From The Space Library
Astronaut Theodore C. Freeman (Capt., USAF) was killed when his T-38 jet trainer crashed near Houston. The former experimental test-flight instructor was among third group of NASA astronauts, selected last October, and was first U.S. astronaut to lose his life. (AP, NYT, 11/2/64)
Second anniversary of orbiting of ANNA IB first satellite designed for use in measuring size and shape of the earth. Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory, builder of the satellite, said ANNA IB was still flashing its beacon and relaying radio signals to earth upon command. (AP, Houston Post, 10/30/64)
Report prepared for Republican Presidential candidate Sen. Barry M. Goldwater by Adm. Arthur Radford (USN, Ret.), Gen. Nathan Twining (SAF, Ret.), and Gen. Arthur Trudeau (USA, Ret.), charged the Administration with misrepresentation in its disclosure of two antisatel-lite defense systems last September. Republican Task Force said the systems were "situated on test sites" and "manned by test crews." It claimed all components of the systems were initiated in the Eisenhower administration. DOD retaliated to the "unfounded charges" and reiterated that the antisatellite systems were "operational and on alert status." (CTPS, Chic. Trib., 11/1/64; DOD Release 786-64)
USN announced KC-130F (Hercules) transport, a four-engine turboprop aircraft, had made series of landings and take-offs from aircraft carrier Forrestal without aid of arresting gear or catapults. The tests were made last November, but USN spokesman said reason for delaying announcement was that "the project was being analyzed." (NYT, 11/1/64, 20S)
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