Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1967 - NASA's History Office

ASTRONAUTICS AND AERONAUTICS, 1967 March 8
March 8: NASA’s Os0 I11 being prepared for spin balance tests before its successful launch
into orbit to study the sun and solar influence on the earth‘s atmosphere.
230-lb satellite, carrying eight experiments prepared by 10 scientific
groups in six European countries, would be launched into 120,000-mi-
altitude orbit to investigate interplanetary magnetic field and study
solar- and cosmic-ray particles outside the magnetosphere. NASA would
be reimbursed about $4 million. (NASA Release 67-48)
NASA Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket was launched from Churchill Re-
search Range, Canada, and carried GSFC-instrumented payload to 141-
mi (227-km) altitude to obtain data on charged particle fluxes and
investigate distribution of electric fields in ionosphere during auroral
displays. Rocket performance was satisfactory, but only partial data were
received from electric field experiment. (NASA Rpt SRL)
0 The House adopted H.R. 312 authorizing the Committee on Science and
Astronautics, during the 90th Congress, to conduct studies, investigations,
and inquiries on astronautical, aeronautical, and other scientific R&D.
Rep. James 6. Fulton (R-Pa.) urged House to authorize an Inspector
General in NASA to evaluate complaints and control launch operations.
(NASA LAR VI/30)
NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications Dr.
Homer E. Newell, accompanied by his deputy Edgar M. Cortright and
OSSA Director of Space Applications Programs Leonard Jaffe, stressed
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