Moon Launch Tuesday Surveyor plans 63 hour Moon trip
CAPE KENNEDY AP UPI Americas first Surveyor craft set for a 63 hour flight to the moon to test soft landing. A television camera will view if legs sink into the surface and help pick landing sites for Apollo. Surveyor 1 lacks later instruments but could advance moon knowledge.
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Atlas Launch Echoes Nike X Missile Program
An Atlas D intercontinental ballistic missile was launched today from Vandenberg Air Force Base along the Western test range in support of the Army Nike X anti missile program.
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Robinson elected Bay Area Pollution Council chairman
SAN FRANCISCO AP El mer Robinson of Menlo Park was elected unanimously as chairman of the Advisory Council to the Bay Area Pollution Control District. Robinson serves July 1 to June 3, 1987 and replaces John J. Canevari of San Mateo.
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Man To Moon Test Lessons From Nine Hour Cape Launch
At Cape Kennedy Florida tests of the Saturn space effort showed a nine hour flight with several stops and some minor problems. Despite a rocky path to flight readiness the first Saturn S will be launched early next year and deposited on the pad after engineering checks. The mission included the Explorer 32 satellite which reached an unusually high orbit, drawing mixed evaluations from engineers.
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Gen Clay Named On New York Board To Probe Space Venture
Gen Lucius D. Clay will head a mayoral body in New York City to study economic development and small business loans. The Delta rocket launched successfully to a high orbit, though not as efficient as hoped. Saturn 3 stood 365 feet tall as it moved to the launch pad aboard a crawler transporter for a test of the heavy load's movement.
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Tuesday D Day Astronauts Renew Space Feat Tests
Cape Kennedy Fla AP reports astronauts Stafford and Cernan rehearse for a two week space walk mission. Atlas target docking aims to boost Gemini 9 as officials describe a test of the Augmented Target Docking Adapter after an earlier Atlas failure aborted a launch. A review board will reassess the attempt to catch and dock with the ATDA.
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