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... . The new target date was set because unexpected use of Skylab hardware during the Skylab 1-2 mission had exposed electronics, batteries, and systems to unusual environments. Deputy Skylab Program Director ... advisers to a thrilling kind of space achievement that is typically American." ''(C Trib, 6/1/73)'' The General Accounting Office released Comptroller General's Report to the Congress: Analysis of ...

... Senate hearing had been held July 30. Lewis Research Center Director Bruce T. Lundin, Skylab 1 Investigation Board Chairman, testified that the failure to recognize design deficiencies in the Orbital Workshop ... the National Science Foundation would collect resources information in a research data base. ''(CR, 8/1/73, E5279-81)'' Federal support to universities and colleges rose $643 million, or 18%, to ...

... who had implemented the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 , which established NASA Oct. 1, 1958. Honored guests included Dr. T. Keith Glennan , NASA's first Administrator, Apollo 11 Astronaut ... system Intelsat now carrying three-quarters of the world's intercontinental telecommunications traffic." ''(CR, 10/1/73, S18200)'' Dr. Alexander Rocker, European Space Research Organization ( ESRO ) Director General, sent a message ...

... )'' Transformation of the European Space Research Organization into the European Space Agency, originally scheduled for 1 April, had been postponed, Aviation Week & Space Technology reported. The delay would allow representatives of ... International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) was held in Acapulco, Mexico. The delegates determined that a 1.106226% investment share would entitle a signatory or group of signatories to representation on the ...

... had gone undetected or untracked. President Ford issued a statement in recognition of the Tiros 1 anniversary: "More accurate daily weather forecasts... have had an immeasurable impact in making the lives ... contract which had an estimated total value of $7.57 million. (JSC Release 75-23) 1-4 April: In Montreal, the 89-nation International Telecommunications Satellite Organization held its third ordinary ...

... as Viking spacecraft Viking Spacecraft-A, Kennedy Space Center 's Spaceport News reported. Lander 1 and Orbiter 1 would become Viking spacecraft Viking Spacecraft-B. The change had been made to permit early sterilization of Lander 2 to meet the 11 Aug. launch date. (Spaceport News, 1 May 75, 2) Dr. Noel W. Hinners , NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science, and Major ...

... it took two dollars to do in the free and easy money days." (Today, 1 Jan 76, 1) Failure to reach a satisfactory nuclear arms agreement with the Soviet Union would result ... submitted to Congress in 3 wk with the new FY 1977 budget would include spending $1.07 billion to start work on a larger and more accurate missile called MX that ... missile would be operational by 1985, the report said. (B Sun, 1 Jan 76, A6) 1975 January 1976 January Jan 1 1976 1 Jan 2 1976 2 Jan 3 1976 3 Jan 4 ...

... trip to Uranus would add about $21 million to the cost of the mission. (NYT, 1 Mar 76, 11) An all-systems simulation of landing Viking spacecraft Viking s ... , had a diameter of 94 cm, and was 82 cm high. Its estimated lifetime was 1.5 yr. This was the second successful launch with the new N rocket. (FBIS, Kyodo ... ; acceptance of experiments, and approval of integration tests; and coordination of training programs. ( ESA release, 1 Mar 76) The European Space Agency ( ESA ) announced an agreement on loan of a radiometer ...

... recent book "Navigating the Future." (Pasadena StarNews, 1 Apr 76, 1; Glendale News-Press, 1 Apr 76, 1; Montrose Ledger, 1 Apr 76, 1) Images from NASA's Landsat-1 earth-resources survey satellite helped Alaskan Indians ... that Germany would supply Egypt with a ground station for receiving transmissions from the Symphonie 1 and Symphonie 2 comsats jointly operated by FRG and France, the MENA news service from ...

... and Vice President Rockefeller were escorted through the $41-million museum by museum director Michael 1. Collins, who had piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft. At a signal given 18 min previously by the Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 spacecraft in orbit around Mars, a 3-m metal arm was activated to cut a ... : the Wright brothers' Kitty Hawk flyer, Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis , the Bell X-1 (first supersonic plane), and the North American X-15 . The problem, said the New York ...

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