Jun 9 1965
From The Space Library
USAF launched Thor-Agena D booster rocket with unidentified satellite from Vandenberg AFB. (AP, Balt. Sun, 6/10/65)
USAF launched Blue Scout Jr, space probe from ETR on a 10,897-mi, altitude flight to measure effects of space radiation on human tissue equivalents. Useful data were telemetered, and after the 4-hr., 32-min, flight the probe fell into the Indian Ocean. (U.S. Aeron. & Space Act, 1965, 145)
LUNA VI, Russian probe, passed the halfway point on its journey to the moon. All systems continued to function normally, Tass announced. (Tass, 6/9/65)
Astronauts McDivitt and White, onboard the carrier Wasp for medical debriefing, received a congratulatory telegram from Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, first man in space: "We send you our congratulations after the success we witnessed of the spaceflight in ship Gemini IV, We express hope that spaceflights will be to serve the world and make progress for humanity." (AP, Haughland, Wash, Post, 6/10/65, Al. All)
NASA released a photograph of the GEMINI IV spacecraft taken by Astronaut Edward H. White II (Maj., USAF) during his walk in space. The picture was one of an unannounced number that Major White recorded with a 35 mm, camera mounted atop a space gun that he used for maneuverability, Films of Astronaut White floating in space would be made available for public showing "sometime within the next month." (AP, NYT, 6/11/65, 12)
An analysis of worldwide press reactions to the successful GEMINI IV flight indicated that most newspapers took the occasion to call for U.S.-Soviet cooperation in space ventures, "That this [cooperation] is unlikely shows how far our politics lag behind our technology," Britain's Manchester Guardian said. Dutch newspapers joined in asking for cooperation in space and Trouw said the duplication of effort by the Soviet Union and the United States "is a waste of money and know-how." The West Berlin press highly praised the U.S. policy of reporting the Gemini flight as it was taking place. Swedish newspapers refrained from any comment amid a wave of anti-American sentiment over Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. The Hindustani Times commented: "It is a pity that the two nations [U.S. and Soviet Union] are going about the job with such secrecy. The time has come for both nations to pool their resources and make the projected attempt on the moon a truly human adventure." (Wash, Post, 6/9/65, A3)
Joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. space effort was urged by L'Osservatore della Domenica, Vatican magazine. An editorial said press comment on the GEMINI IV spaceflight had been slanted by "a competitive mentality for which, especially in this field, there is no longer any reason." It continued: "Let us ask ourselves . . . if those who on earth appear divided by unbridgeable distances may not meet and collaborate in space." (UPI, NYT, 6/11/65, 7)
EARLY BIRD I communications satellite demonstrated its ability to relay commercial voice messages, photographs, and data between Europe and the U.S. During one exchange a news photograph was relayed from London to the N.Y, offices of the Associated Press; simultaneously, Pan American Airways was relaying international airline reservations and communications, including pilot and control messages. Other uses included transmission of pictures and layouts for a fashion magazine and relay of bank signatures from New York for verification of a check-signer in London. Except for a slight echo bounced back from Europe on the voice transmissions, the reception was excellent. (ComSatCorp Release; Dewar, Wash. Post, 6/10/65, A3)
The earth has four vast bulges roughly in the design of a pyramid and four equally large depressions, reported scientists from Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Laboratory. "They are as big as the North American continent," said Dr. Robert R. Newton, Supervisor of Space Research and Analysis at the Laboratory, Discoveries announced were credited to ANNA IB geodetic satellite, launched Oct. 31, 1962, and a number of USN research satellites. By studying rises and dips in their orbits, scientists were able to determine gravitational highs and lows, One high point centers over Ireland in the northern hemisphere and sprawls northward toward the pole. Another extends across the equator from New Guinea northward toward Japan. Another is south of Africa centered about half way to Antarctica, and the fourth is west of South America with its apex off Peru. (Johns Hopkins Univ. Applied Physics Lab. Release; Myler, UPI, Wash, Post, 6/9/65, A3; AP, NYT, 6/10/65, 17)
USAF awarded Aerojet-General a $5,101,000 initial increment to a $28,294,800 fixed-price contract for first and second stage engines for the Titan III-X/Agena program. (DOD Release 392-65)
Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (AFSC)), in talk on "Materials and Tomorrow's Air Force" at the Air Force Materials Symposium in Miami Beach, said: "The rate of progress in materials will be measured by accomplishments in four areas, First, the acquisition of new fundamental knowledge which will lead either to new materials or to the utilization of existing materials to meet specific needs, Second, the exploratory development of materials in advance of specific system requirements. Third, the evaluation of new materials for potential applications. And fourth, the investigation of economical manufacturing techniques and equipment. The importance of vigorous efforts in all of these areas is obvious when we remember that it takes from 5 to 10 years to translate a laboratory result into hardware, the people of the Air Force Materials Laboratory are making significant contributions to present and future Air Force systems. Their recent accomplishments include development of methods for ultrasonic detection of corrosion in aircraft fuel tanks and for installation of corrosion-resistant rivets in aircraft skins. They have done important work with reinforced structural composites; with graphites for leading edges, nose cones, and rocket nozzles; and with chemically resistant seals for liquid rocket propulsion systems." (Text)
"Much has been done in an effort to alleviate aircraft noise. Annual expenditures have risen from $100,000 in 1961 to $13 million to be spent by FAA alone in 1965," FAA Administrator Najeeb E. Halaby told a National Aircraft Noise Symposium in New York City. He warned: "If we fail to make progress in reducing noise . . . pressure may perhaps ultimately exclude the availability of aviation facilities to our centers of trade and commerce, I feel it is essential that we all recognize the price that we may be forced to pay for a tolerable environment next door to our airports." (Text)
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