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NASA Nike-Cajun sounding rocket launched from WSMR carried special parachute and payload to 41.7-mi ''(67-km)'' altitude to test parachute deployment at high altitude and to determine ozone ... , "we still have the possibility of making the lunar landing before 1970." ''(CR, 2/7/68, H926-7; 2/12/68, E708-9)'' Testimony on NASA's FY 1969 Budget request was ... future national needs. . . . " Authorization request for OSSA for 1969 was for $538.2 million, $14.7 million below FY 1968 operating plan, with "the de­crease . . . primarily in the Lunar and ...

... launched Cosmos CCXX into orbit with 755- km ''(469.1-mi)'' apogee, 677-km ''(420.7-mi)'' perigee, 99-min period, and 74° inclination. All equipment was functioning normally. ''(SBD, 5 ... had occurred in 1964. All subsequent U.S. tests had been reported. ''(W Post, 5/7/68, 7)'' May 1968 May May 1 1968 1 May 2 1968 2 May 3 1968 3 May 4 1968 4 May 5 1968 5 May 6 1968 6 May 7 1968 7 May 8 1968 8 May 9 1968 9 May 10 1968 10 May 11 ...

... orbit with 161-mi ''(257.2-km)'' apogee, 100-mi ''(160.9-km)'' perigee, 88.7-min period, and 82.1° inclination. Satellite re- entered Aug. 27 ''(GSFC SSR, 8/15 ... ­ceived during payload ascent and descent. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' NASA issued Apollo Status Summary: Apollo 7 spacecraft had been moved from altitude chamber at KSC. During week it would be mated ... now suggested should be lopped off the space pro­gram." ''(St. Louis G-D, 8/7/68)'' August 1968 August Aug 1 1968 1 Aug 2 1968 2 Aug 3 1968 ...

... ­velop would be a research gap." ''(Text; NYT, 9/7/68, 1; UPI, W Post, 9/7/68 photo ; B Sun, 9/7/68)'' Max Conrad, holder of world record for straight-line distance ''(7,688.5 mi)'' in light aircraft, set June 2-4, 1959, claimed new world distance ... 1968 3 Sep 4 1968 4 Sep 5 1968 5 Sep 6 1968 6 Sep 7 1968 7 Sep 8 1968 8 Sep 9 1968 9 Sep 10 1968 10 Sep 11 ...

... unexpected way, to keep satisfying his curiosity about the world around him." ''(Natl Obs, 10/7/68)'' NASA announced it had awarded Technical Information Services Co. $4.3-million cost-plus ... "say only a skeleton staff will be left on the project by spring." ''(Newsweek, 10/7/68)'' Sen. Stuart Symington ''(D-Mo.)'' said on Senate floor: "I am now confident . . . serious ... put all the eggs of their aircraft development into one unfortunate basket." ''(Text; CR, 10/7/68, S12148-51; Witkin, NYT, 10/8/68, 18; W Post, 10/8/68, All ...

... was successfully launched from ETR by two-stage Atlas-Centaur booster. Orbital parameters: apogee, 485.7 mi ''(781.6 km)'' ; perigee, 479.2 mi ''(771.2 km)'' ; period, 100.4 min ... . Heavi­est and most complex automated spacecraft ever developed by U.S., Oao II was 7 ft wide and 10 ft high, weighed 4,400 lb, carried 11 tele­scopes, and ... people." Anders said crew "might use the opportunity of being in lunar orbit Christ- December 7-10: NASA's' Oao-II 21-foot-wide, 4,400-pound Orbiting Astronomical Obser­vatory ...

... . Both satellites were developed at present Army Electronics Command, Ft. Monmouth, N.J. ''(Balt. Sun, 7/8/64)'' In study financed by NASA, a Mexico City matador had his heart beat ... .S.S.R. hoped to have one in operation before the U.S. ''(AP, NYT, 7/8/64, 58)'' July 1964 July Jul 1 1964 1 Jul 2 1964 2 Jul ... 1964 3 Jul 4 1964 4 Jul 5 1964 5 Jul 6 1964 6 Jul 7 1964 7 Jul 8 1964 8 Jul 9 1964 9 Jul 10 1964 10 Jul 11 ...

... 3,000 ft. was forced to bail out. The paraglider crashed. ''(Wash. Eve. Star, 8/7/64)'' NASA and Netherlands Organization for the Advancement of Pure Research announced agreement for joint ... installed in aircraft. Dr. Collis and Dr. Ligida reported their research in Nature. ''(NYT, 8/7/64, 8)'' Discussing US. space costs in terms of the gross national product, Sen. Stuart ... of days of that to get to the moon." ''(AP, Louisville, Ky., Courier Journal, 8/7/64)'' AFSC announced fabrication of ultrahigh strength, lightweight steel cases for solid-propellant rockets. Solid ...

... after 40 days in space. All systems were operating normally (AP, Phil, Eve. Bull., 1/7/65)'' Dr. William A. Lee of NASA Manned Spacecraft Center announced new launch schedule for ... price tag set for the mission by former President Kennedy." (AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 1/7/65)'' NASA Administrator James E. Webb swore in R. Walter Riehlman, former Republican member of ... of modern rocketry." The bill was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. ''(CR, 1/7/65, 283)'' Vice Adm. H. G. Rickover (USN) spoke before the Publishers' Lunch Club of ...

... -capacity as the market tapered off, and finally a retrenchment still under way." ''(NYT, 3/7/65)'' A "Dictionary of Scientific Biography" containing essays on careers of scientists and mathematicians would ... . Gillispie, Princeton professor of History of Science, had been named Editor-in-Chief. ''(NYT, 3/7/65, Book Review Sec., 8)'' Professor Fred Hoyle , British astronomer, might accept U.S. position ...

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