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... )'' NASA launched 12 orbital, deep space, and manned space flights, of which 10 were successful, 1 partially successful, and one unsuccessful. The X-15 rocket research aircraft set a new altitude ... photographed by 200-in. Mt. Palomar telescope last spring. ''(A&AE, December 1963, 5)'' October 1-3: Youth Science Congress, sponsored by NASA and the National Science Teachers Association, was held ...

... well as the humanitarianism and the technological boom of the twentieth century . . . ." ''(Text; Airpower Historian 1/64, 6-10)'' U.S.S.R. announced launching of POLET I (Flight I), a ... "repeated" changes in altitude and inclination, the spacecraft on Nov. 2 attained "final orbit" : apogee, 1,437 km. (893 mi.) ; perigee, 343 km. (213 mi.) ; period, 102.5 min. ; inclination, 58°55'. ''(Pravda, 11/2/63, AFSS-Trans.; Shabad, NYT, 11/2/63, 1; 11/3/63, 33)'' Arecibo Ionospheric Observatory was dedicated by ARPA and USAF in Arecibo ...

... the aid of small auto­matic devices transmitting the data to Earth by radio." ''(Izvestia, 1/1/64, 1, ATSS-T Trans.)'' Two mathematicians at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory of Univ. of Calif. achieved ... for future exchanges using high­speed computers and communications satellites. ''(Commerce Dept. Release WB 64-1)'' Fiftieth anniversary of first scheduled airline flight, from St. Petersburg to Tampa, Fla., by Benoist ...

... in our national objective of con-serving nuclear fuel resources." ''(Finney, NYT, 2/2/64,1, 30)'' At Washington press conference, National Bureau of Standards and team of visiting Soviet metrologists ... agreement for extended cooperation in measurement and standards data exchange. Agreement provided for exchange of (1) data on observations of standard time and frequency signals from radio stations, (2) calibration information ...

... to intelligence estimates, Soviet buildup could give U.S.S.R. capability of delivering about 1,000 nuclear warheads and bombs; U.S. could deliver up to 43/2 times that ... Planning Div., formerly under Associate Administrator for Organization and Management. ''(NASA Release 68-11)'' February 1-2: Tenth anniversary of Explorer I see January 31 1968 Jan. 31 was commem­orated ... space for some time, and even though firm military requirements were not available." ''(JPL Releases, 1/22/68, 1/31/68; Texts; Wilford, NYT, 2/2/68, 4; SBD ...

... satellite from Vandenberg AFB by Scout booster into orbit with 711-mi ''(1,444.2-km)'' apogee, 640-mi ''(1,030.0-km)'' perigee, 106.9-min period, and 89.9° inclination ... /15/68; Pres Rpt 68)'' NASA test pilot William H. Dana flew X-15 No. 1 rocket research air­craft to 104,500-ft altitude and 2,898 mph ''(mach 4 ... , 3/3/68, E3; PD, 3/4/68, 395-6)'' March 1968 March Mar 1 1968 1 Mar 2 1968 2 Mar 3 1968 3 Mar 4 1968 4 Mar 5 1968 ...

... fighter-bomber . . and must be developed, tested and utilized to its fullest capability." ''(NYT, 4/1/68)'' AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office awarded Aerojet-General Corp. extension of cost-plus ... ,548. ''(SFC Releases 68-57, 68-58)'' USAF awarded RCA $100,000 initial increment to $1.5-million fixed-price contract for study, evaluation, and testing of advanced electro-optical techniques ...

Eighth anniversary of NASA's largest Center, Marshall Space Flight Center. It became operational July 1, 1960, with 4,400 employees and facilities valued at estimated $100 million. On eighth anniversary ... for $905 million; suppliers, including Boeing and General Electric Co. could raise $595 million, leaving $1.5 billion in capital to be acquired from other sources. Boeing said this capital probably ...

... km. (127 mi.), and equatorial inclination was 64.96°. ''(Tass, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 7/2/64, 1, ATSS-T Trans.)'' President Johnson congratulated American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) on its ... telecommunications and was a commercial version of Hughes" Syncom satellite- ''(Miles, L. A. Times, 7/1/64)'' NASA-USAF Memorandum of Understanding defined responsibilities of NASA and various USAF organizations which ...

... needless waste and duplication that have marked humanity's space exploration to date." ''(NYT, 8/1/64, 20)'' Washington Daily News editorialized that the success of RANGER VIII 's mission represented ... awe and wonder; and that is the main thing about this moonshot." ''(Balt. Sun, 8/1/64)'' Soviet satellites ELECTRON III and ELECTRON IV were successfully conducting scientific investigation of upper ...

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