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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1972

Page

11

North American lands Space Shuttle contract win

North American Rockwell Corp won a 2.6 billion contract from NASA to build five delta-wing orbiters over six years with initial payments to start testing in 1976 and full operation by 1980. The program could create over 60,000 California jobs and add up to 4 billion to the state's economy over the next decade.

Washington North American Rockwell Corp Space Division Downey Calif National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth California Rocketdyne Division Canoga Park John V. Tunney D-Calif U.S

Scott Bounced As Astronaut From Apollo Team

Space Center Houston AP reports David R. Scott has been dropped from the astronaut corps for involvement in a scheme to profit from stamp covers smuggled to the moon and back. Scott, 40, was reassigned as technical assistant to Apollo program management after being told he would be transferred. The action follows a reprimand of Scott and crewmates James B. Irwin and Alfred Worden for carrying 400 unauthorized stamp covers on Apollo 15. A German dealer sold 100 covers for 1500 dollars each. all three expected seven thousand dollars, but declined the money. Scott flew Gemini 8 in 1966, Apollo 9 in 1969, and Apollo 15 in 1971. Irwin resigns next week and Worden will also be moved out.

Scott Riley Moon The Space Agency James B. Irwin Alfred Worden Irwin Worden Astronaut Corps

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