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... of turbine blades ten times beyond that of uncoated blades. (Lewis News, l Oct 76, 1) 1-21 October. No evidence of organic material in the soil of Mars appeared in Viking ... Biemann of MIT, leader of the organic chemistry experiment, noted that the Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 lander had found no trace of organic compounds either. Biology experiments on both landers had ... yr. Dr. Norman H. Horowitz of Caltech, who supervised experiments on both Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 and Viking spacecraft 2 Viking 2 sites that looked for signs of biological activity, said ...

... temporary appointment as acting deputy Associate Administrator of OAST on 3 Jan. 1977. (NASA anno. 1 Dec 76) Launch complex 14 at KSC-used for John Glenn's orbital flight in ... Defense Systems Acquisition Committee-held its first meeting to consider production of the controversial B-1 bomber and scheduled another meeting for 6 Jan. 1977 to decide on consolidation of cruise ... administration might review or change. President-elect Carter had questioned the necessity for a B-1 bomber program. The controversy over cruise missiles arose from Air Force advocacy of an air ...

... specialist candidates. Deadline for applications would be June 30, 1977. Those selected would report July 1, 1978, to Johnson Space Center at Houston for 2yr of training and evaluation; appointment as ... to detect attacks with non-nuclear pellet warheads against a spacecraft in orbit. (ASD, Feb 1/77, 158) Western Union Corp., first of the 1000 largest U.S. industrial companies required ... -cost data, to let stockholders see the effect of inflation on financial statements. (NYT, Feb. 1/77, 37) The Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at the Univ. of Tokyo announced ...

... reported, but the two decades that would end Oct. 4 since the launch of Sputnik 1 had brought many wonders. The newspaper cited worldwide television; photographs from space of the blue ... for fish, and make worldwide live television commonplace, the paper said. (C Trib, Sept 1/77, 1-7) The Washington Post said NASA was looking for "someplace else to land the Space ... had investigated other sites for the flight, tentatively rescheduled to Sept. 7. (W Post, Sept 1/77, A-27) Johnson Space Center confirmed that NASA would turn off science instruments on ...

... of the scientific payloads flown on the first 3 Spacelab missions. (Marshall Star, Feb 1/78, 1) MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC reported that the USAF had redesignated an interim upper stage ... indicate that DOD payloads would use the stage well into the 1980s. (Marshall Star, Feb 1/78, 1; Spaceport News, Feb 17/78, 3) January 1978 January February 1978 February Feb 1 1978 1 Feb 2 1978 2 Feb 3 1978 3 Feb 4 1978 4 Feb 5 1978 ...

... electrical energy purchased by the center. ( LaRC Release 78-24; LaRC Researcher, May 5/78, 1) In its report on U.S. R&D spending for 1979, the National Science Foundation ... universities' increased emphasis on applied research over basic research since 1970. (NSF Highlights, May 1/78, 1) Av Wk reported that the House of Representatives had authorized a $4.415 billion NASA ... NASA's original $4.371 billion request to Congress. (Av Wk, May 1/78, 22) Latest word on Progress 1 refueling of the Salyut 6 propulsion system in orbit indicated that redesign ...

... selected its payload specialists from among thousands of applicants from its member states. The Spacelab 1 mission would investigate stratosphere and upper atmosphere physics, materials processing, space plasma physics, life sciences ... in Europe. (NASA Release 78-76; Johnson Space Center JSC Roundup, June 1/78, 4; DRFC X-Press, June 1/78, 3) ESA announced it had organized a tour of several Mediterranean ...

... counterparts had taken the I -day training exercise. ( Johnson Space Center JSC Roundup, Sept 1/78, 1) The latest in a family of small-diameter 8-bladed propellers had completed wind tunnel ... for design and fabrication of the advanced propellers. (Lewis News, Sept 1/78, 1) August 1978 August September 1978 September Sep 1 1978 1 Sep 2 1978 2 Sep 3 1978 3 Sep 4 ...

President Jimmy Carter attended the Congressional Space Medal awards see Sept. 22 ceremony Oct. 1 at Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle landing facility. The White House press release of his ... , America, you and l, will be equal to that great task." (White House Release Oct 1/78) Wallops Flight Center announced that NASA, the Army's Atmospheric Sciences Laboratory (ASL), the ... to support launching, tracking, and data acquisition. (WFC Newsletter, Oct 1/78, 5) September 1978 September October 1978 October Oct 1 1978 1 Oct 2 1978 2 Oct 3 1978 3 Oct 4 ...

... -172; Marshall Star, Nov 8/78, 2; Johnson Space Center JSC Roundup, Nov 10/78,1; W Post, Nov 4/78, A-6; Av Wk, Nov 13/78, 65) NASA Administrator ... in evaluating proposed fund uses and the progress of approved activities. (Marshall Star, Nov 1/78, 1) The Marshall Star reported that industry was being invited to bid on a cost-sharing ... encourage the transfer of new space technology to the private sector." (Marshall Star, Nov 1/78, 1) Wallops Flight Center announced it had launched a two-stage solid propellant sounding rocket, the ...

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