Mar 13 1964
From The Space Library
X-15 No. 3 flown by NASA pilot John B. McKay near Edwards AFB with a microphone embedded in the X-15's side to record noise of turbulent air sweeping over the surface, to help in prediction of metal fatigue. The X-15 reached maximum speed of 3,239 mph (mach 4.91) and peak altitude of 76,000 ft. This was 102nd flight of the X-15. (NASA X-15 Proj. Off.; UPI, Wash. Post, 3/14/64; UPI, NYT, 3/14/64, 39)
Fourth stage of four-stage Blue Scout rocket failed to ignite after USAF launch from Cape Kennedy. The booster was to have sent a USAF scientific probe 23,000 mi. into space to study earth's magnetic field. Preliminary estimates indicated the 33-lb. payload reached altitude of several hundred miles before it fell back into the Atlantic Ocean. (AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 3/13/64)
S-I booster for Saturn I SA-9 was test-fired for 30 sec. in its initial firing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala. This S-I was the last Saturn I booster built by MSFC; future stages were being built by Chrysler Corp., and would be shipped to Huntsville for static firings. Since the first Saturn I booster firing March 28, 1960, MSFC had conducted more than 50 firings on eight flight S-I's and one ground-test booster, all of which Were assembled at MSFC. (Marshall Star, 3/18/64, 1)
Publication of Advanced Bearing Technology (SP-38) by Lewis Research Center engineers Edmond E. Bisson and William J. Anderson, was announced by NASA. The book was described as "an important step in NASA's Technology Utilization Program aimed at making new space technology available to all branches of industry." (NASA Release 64- 58; LRC Release 64-22)
USAF fired Titan II ICBM from Vandenberg AFB more than 5,000 mi. down the Pacific Missile Range in 10th and last of series of R&D tests at PMR. (AP, Wash. Past, 3/14/64)
AEC conducted low-yield underground nuclear explosion at its Nevada Test Site. (UPI, NYT, 3/14/64,38)
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