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... , after traveling 641 days and 826 000 000 km (513 000 000 mi) see Nov. 3-Jan. 9 . ''(NASA prog off)'' President Nixon wired congratulations to scientists at Ames Research Center ... naming of Jet Propulsion Laboratory after former Rep. H. Allen Smith (R-Calif.) . ''(CR, 12/3/73, H10468)'' President Nixon accepted the resignation of John A. Love as Assistant to the ... 1973 November December 1973 December Dec 1 1973 1 Dec 2 1973 2 Dec 3 1973 3 Dec 4 1973 4 Dec 5 1973 5 Dec 6 1973 6 Dec 7 1973 ...

... of 1958 to authorize NASA to contract for Tracking and Data Relay Satellite services. ''(CR, 3 April 74, H2584; NASA LAR, XIII/43)'' Indonesia would build a domestic communications satellite system ... , Oct 74, 123-7, 212-6; CAB Doc Section, Docs 26560 & 26563; W Star-News, 3 April 74, B9)'' Johnson Space Center had awarded a $6 598 000 cost-plus-fixed ... 1974 March April 1974 April Apr 1 1974 1 Apr 2 1974 2 Apr 3 1974 3 Apr 4 1974 4 Apr 5 1974 5 Apr 6 1974 6 Apr 7 1974 ...

... , carrying Cosmonauts Pavel R. Popovich and Yuri P. Artyukhin to work in the orbiting Salyut 3 research station launched 25 June see 25 June-19 July . ''( GSFC Wkly SSR ... -was expected to operate its first satellite system in the late 1970s. ''(IBM & ComSatCorp Release, 3 July 74)'' NASA announced the appointment of J. Lloyd Jones as Deputy Associate Administrator for ... Release 74-187)'' June 1974 June Jul 1 1974 1 Jul 2 1974 2 Jul 3 1974 3 Jul 4 1974 4 Jul 5 1974 5 Jul 6 1974 6 Jul 7 ...

... decay naturally before the orbit decayed years in the future. ''(SBD, 3 Oct 74,164-5; GSFC SSR, 31 Oct 74)'' 3, 4, 9 October: The House Committee on Science and Astronautics ... 1974 September October 1974 October Oct 1 1974 1 Oct 2 1974 2 Oct 3 1974 3 Oct 4 1974 4 Oct 5 1974 5 Oct 6 1974 6 Oct 7 1974 ...

... well as magnetospheric, temperature, and other measurements-before swinging on toward Saturn see 2 Nov.-3 Jan. 1975 . ''(NASA Pioneer Mgr, interview, 12 Nov 75; Hall, Opp, et al., Science, 2 ... development budget of about $97 million and to share in fixed common costs. ''( ESRO Release, 3 Dec 74; Av Wk, 2 Dec 74, 38)'' November 1974 November December 1974 December Dec 1 1974 1 Dec 2 1974 2 Dec 3 1974 3 Dec 4 1974 4 Dec 5 1974 5 Dec 6 1974 6 Dec 7 1974 ...

... information. First application of the landing gear would be for a spin test of a 3/8-scale model of the Air Force F-15 fighter. (FRC Release ... 's atmosphere. GASP data on carbon dioxide, ozone, water vapor, and particles larger than 0.3 microns would help determine whether the amount of ozone was being altered, whether vapor trails ... 1975 February March 1975 March Mar 1 1975 1 Mar 2 1975 2 Mar 3 1975 3 Mar 4 1975 4 Mar 5 1975 5 Mar 6 1975 6 Mar 7 1975 ...

... emission seemed to come from an. altitude of less than 4000 km. (NASA MOR, 3 June 75) 3-6 June: A Kennedy Space Center team tested a parachute system designed to lower ... conducted in KSC's Vehicle Assembly Building , an ideal wind-free testing facility. Full-scale 3.7-m parachutes with simulated pressure vessels weighing 204 kg were dropped 13 times from ... 1975 May June 1975 June Jun 1 1975 1 Jun 2 1975 2 Jun 3 1975 3 Jun 4 1975 4 Jun 5 1975 5 Jun 6 1975 6 Jun 7 1975 ...

... way through the system. (Text, NASA Final Rpt, CR 144351, April 76; Holland, P Inq, 3 Aug 75) Appointment of Dr. S. Ichtiaque Rasool, special assistant to the NASA Deputy Associate ... when he became special assistant to the Deputy Associate Administrator. (NASA anno, 22 Aug 75) 3 August-6 November: Ariel 5 , a U.S.-U.K. cooperative satellite launched 15 Oct ... , as saying that when the emissions were first observed "we couldn't believe it." Sas 3-operated by Goddard Space Flight Center -was able to pinpoint the location of the emissions ...

... existing Soyuz, and this experience' would be applied later to shuttles and space tugs. (CSM, 3 Dec 75, 7) Evidence that aerosols from spray cans had damaged earth's ozone layer ... increased pressure for a ban on the suspect chemicals, especially in aerosols. (Tannenbaum in WSJ, 3 Dec 75, 1) The Aerospace Corp. had donated its $2-million San Fernando Observatory to ... away the 7-yr-old facility because its planned solar research had been completed. (SBD, 3 Dec 75, 173) November 1975 November December 1975 December Dec 1 1975 1 Dec 2 ...

... a formal announcement in July. Only one woman-Russia's Valentina Tereshkova , who orbited for 3 days on Vostok 6 in June 1963-had been in space so far. The U ... selectees would join NASA as candidates for space flight by July 1978. (B Sun, 3 Mar 76, A-3) February 1976 February March 1976 March Mar 1 1976 1 Mar 2 1976 2 Mar 3 1976 3 Mar 4 1976 4 Mar 5 1976 5 Mar 6 1976 6 Mar 7 1976 ...

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