Jun 27 1965
From The Space Library
The six scientist-astronauts selected for the Apollo program were announced in the Nation's press: Owen K. Garriott, 34, associate professor of physics, Stanford Univ.; Edward G. Gibson, 29, senior research scientist, Applied Research Labs, Aeronutronic Div., Philco Corp,; Duane E. Graveline, 34, flight surgeon, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center; Lt. Cdr. Joseph P. Kerwin (USN), 33, staff flight surgeon, Air Wing, 4, Cecil Field Naval Air Sta, Pa,; Frank Curtis Michel, 31, assistant professor of space sciences, Rice Univ.; Harrison H. Schmitt, 29, astrogeologist, U.S. Geological Survey. They were chosen from a group of 16 nominees submitted to NASA by the National Academy of Sciences, NAS had screened about 400 applications forwarded by NASA earlier this year. The six new scientist-astronauts were to have been announced officially by NASA June 29 but NASA officials confirmed the six named on June 28, the day after the press stories. (Schefter, Houston Chron, 6/27/65; UPI, Wash. Post, 6/27/65)
First clear spectrograms of ultraviolet light from the stars were obtained on a Princeton Univ. rocket experiment originally thought to have been a failure, a spokesman for the university's rocket program announced. The films from the June 1 flight from White Sands Missile Range had at first been feared to be fogged, but after being developed by special techniques, showed spectra of starlight with a fineness of detail never before achieved. A detailed report would be issued after the films had been studied further. (AP, NYT, 6/28/65; Wash, Post, 6/29/65)
The U.S. should take the lead in establishing an international patent system, Dept. of Commerce Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology William W. Eaton said at a patent conference in Washington, D.C. At present, an inventor must take out separate patents in each of several foreign countries or run the risk of his idea being exploited. The new system would eliminate this problem by having one international patent cover each invention, Mr. Eaton said. (Sci, Serv, NYT, 6/27/65, 53)
In his column in the New York Journal American, Bob Considine cited an item written about Soviet failures in space by Julius Epstein, a research associate with the Hoover Institute of War, Revolution, and Peace, Stanford Univ. "According to reliable reports in Washington, the Soviets have lost at least three cosmonauts on their way to the moon, My first publication of these assertions in 1962 met with no denial from our National Aeronautical and Space Agency when I forwarded a copy and asked for comment. A free-lance writer, researching the possibility of Soviet failures, tells me that NASA informed him that all such information had been classified as top secret. They recommended that he use my material! Isn't that a reasonable indication for the veracity of this record?" (Considine, N.Y. J. Amer, 6/27/65)
Soviet parachutist holding world and national records, Vyacheslav Zharikov, flew through the air at 119 mph at the end of an airplane-towed cable, Tass reported. He then dropped free, opened his parachute above 100,000 spectators at an air show at Tula, U.S.S.R. and landed safely. (AP, Wash. Post, 6/28/65, A17)
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