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... 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 ...

... . Harold Klein of Ames Research Center , chief Viking spacecraft Viking biologist. (W Post, 1 Aug 76, A-1; NYT, 1 Aug 76, 4-8) Having completed a yr of service to India's ... first set of demonstrations-known as AIDSAT, for AID space-age technology-would begin between 1 and 26 Aug. for 11 developing countries and one international conference; the program would consist ... offer hope to all those alive for a brighter future for their children. (C Trib, 1 Aug 76, 23) Tass, the official Soviet press agency, said that permanent monitoring of earth ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

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