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DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: This Ninth Semiannual Report (January 1-June 30,
1963) of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is submitted to you
for transmittal to the Congress in accordance with section 206(a) of the National
Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.
The events recorded herein are evidence of continuing progress in the national
space program and of concrete accomplishments on the way to our national goal
of space leadership.
The many achievements of the period are described in detail in the body of
this report, but it is appropriate here to mention just a few: One of the most
significant was the 22-orbit flight of Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., on May 15-
16, which concluded Project Mercury with a perfect record of manned space
flight. This was the climax to a program which accomplished all the objectives
originally laid out for it when it was initiated in 1958.
In June, NASA launched TIROS VII--the seventh consecutive successful
launch in this meteorological satellite series. TIROS VII detected and warned
of the formation of Hurricane Flora before any conventional detection devices.
Also during this period the Relay communications satellite, launched in De-
cember 1962, was used for a nmnber of highly successful communications ex-
periments. During them, it transmitted signals between the United States
and South America, between the United States and Europe, and between Europe
and South America. European viewers saw telecasts of the final Project
Mercury manned space flight by means of Relay transmissions.
In addition to these events, NASA continued to advance all its programs on
many levels of accomplishment.
In manned space systems, the Gemini program moved forward. Assembly and
testing of two-man spacecraft and launch vehicle No. 1 proceeded according to
a schedule calling for unmanned launchings in 1964. Work on launch control,
tracking, and recovery equipment and on spacecraft subsystems advanced. In
addition, the production design of the spacecraft structure was completed, and
development and qualification testing of all major subsystems continued. The
modified Titan I_ ICBM which is to be used to launch the Gemini spacecraft was
under development by the Air Force, and the vertical test facility for integration
and checkout of major subsystems of the launch vehicle was activated. Sup-
porting work ranged from studies of rendezvous technique to establishment of
the design of the prototype spacecraft.
In the Apollo program--with its objective of a manned expedition to the moon
and return--progress continued as _he command and service modules reached the
boilerplate production stage, and fabrication of components for the first manned
spacecraft was started. Tests of the structural effects of landing on land
and water were conducted. The launch escape system solid propellan_ motors
were static tested, and structural testing of the launch escape tower was started.
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Work began on the design, development, Itnd fabrication of the lunar excursion
module (LEM). A tentative landing gear design was selected, and it was de-
cided that the internal volume would be about 300 cubic feet.
Development work on larger engines and the more powerful launch vehicles
needed for the overall Apollo program advanced significantly. Major effort was
devoted to the RL-10 A-3, the H-l, the J-2, and the F-1 engines.
One of the large problems encountered in engine development has been com-
bustion instability. During this period, emphasis was placed on solving this prob-
lem: special instrumentation and new test techniques were developed, two possi-
ble causes of the combustion instability were identified, and corrective methods
were investigated with good results.
Significant progress was made in development of the large launch vehicles
which will be needed for our long-range space missions. This group includes
the stages of Saturn I (Blocks I and II), Saturn I-B, Saturn V, as well as the
many associated facilities.
Looking to the time when the Nation will have the need to undertake more
advanced programs, NASA contined development work on the M-l, a 1.5-million-
pound-thrust, liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen engine. Also under develolmmnt is
a second advanced system, a high-energy engine using fluorine and hydrogen.
It was also in this time that the joint NASA/Air Force National Large Solid
Booster Program was initiated and its scope defined. Hardware development
work, which began in June, was designed to demonstrate the feasibility of 260-
inch-diameter solid-fuel motors developing 3 million pounds of thrust ; test mo-
tors with double that thrust ; develop and static fire segmented 156-inch-diameter
motors that will deliver 1 to 3 million pounds of thrust; and analyze all the
problem areas to be encountered when these motors are used in future launch
vehicles.
During the first half of 1963, NASA continued to increase steadily its knowledge
of the earth's environment, of relationships between the earth and the sun, of
the planets, and of outer space. This expanded knowledge came from a wealth
of data in geophysics and astronomy provided by geophysical satellites, deep
space probes, geoprobes, and sounding rockets. One of the achievements of the
period was the discovery by Explorer XVII, orbited in April, of a belt of neutral
helium 160 miles from the earth. Other accomplishments included Mariner II's
transmitting data 53.9 million miles through space, the launching of 35 sounding
rockets which carried on investigations of the earth's atmosphere at various
heights, and the testing of a model of .the Surveyor Lander, a spacecraft to soft-
land on the moon and later serve as an observation station and research
laboratory.
NASA's biosciences programs also made progress in collecting information
essential to successful manned space flights. Work continued on the biological
effects of weightlessness, of high-energy cosmic radiation, and other outer space
stresses on living organisms. A program was established to develop biosatellites
to subject living organisms to the various stresses and effects of space from 3 to
30 days. Meanwhile, such studies were being conducted in simulated space
environments.
Significant advances were made in the operational and research and develop-
merit aspects of NASA's satellite applications program. The seventh TIROS
meteorological satellite was orbited, and TIROS V completed 10½ months of
operation after having supplied over 58,000 pictures of the earth's cloud cover.
NASA also launched Telstar II for the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.
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Early in the period, the first Synco_ synchronous altitude active communica-
tions satellite was placed in the planned orbit, but became silent and contact was
lost. (Syncom II was launched on July 26, successfully maneuvered into posi-
tion, and operated as a communications relay station. )
An important improvement for present and future satellite systems--the
Automatic Picture Transmission (APT) subsystem--was checked out during this
period. The APT subsystem uses relatively simple and inexpensive ground
equipment which will receive pictures somewhat larger than the TIROS photo-
graphs and of equal quality. The system is to be tested on the next TIROS.
The Relay satellite launched just before the end of the previous report period
successfully completed its assigned mission, transmitting messages and TV
signals between the United States and other nations. Relay and Telstar have
now shown that active repeater communications satellites can be used as signal
relay stations
Research on passive communications satellites continued as Echo I completed
its third year in orbit and preparations were made for the launching of Echo II.
Also, the United States and the Soviet Union reached an agreement to use
Echo II for limited joint communications experiments.
NASA's comprehensive advanced research and technology program encom-
passes basic research, engineering research, and subsystems research. These
are long-term efforts which look toward future missions and seek to anticipate
and solve the many basic problems involved in manned space flight. Although
much of this long-range research does not reach the public eye, it is nonetheless
basic to the success of NASA's missions. Other equally vital investigations are
more likely to receive public notice. One example of this type of research is in
the area of aeronautics, where work with the X-15 is conducted.
Eleven X-15 flights took place during this period. Their purpose was to
acquire research data on aerodynamics and structural heating, structural dy-
namics, supersonic and hypersonic aerodynamics, and stability and control.
They were also to acquire data on the biomedical aspects of manned maneuver-
able hypersonic vehicles. All these flights required speeds above Mach 4---
about 2,800 miles per hour--to achieve mission requirements. Seven of the
flights called for speeds above Mach 5 (about 3,500 miles per hour). Four of
the flights were above 200,000 feet. The speeds and altitudes were carefully
chosen to produce the desired research data on problems of flight control, re-
entry, and landing. Other aeronautical research programs included work on
the supersonic transport and V/STOL aircraft. Results will be applicable to
the national commercial supersonic transport program, and the F-111 super-
sonic fighter development. Research on the technology of high-lift devices for
fixed and variable sweep wings indicated that takeoff and landing speeds of the
supersonic vehicles can be held approximately as l_)w as those of present sub-
sonic jet transports. This would make it possible _'or present airports to be
used for the supersonic transport. NASA research on the supersonic transport
progressed to the point where contracts were awarded for feasibility studies
_)f four concepts.
Significant progress was made in the studies of alloys to be used in the
construction of the supersonic transport. Of six studied, titanium alloys seem
most promising, but continuing research on this metal is required.
In addition to these studies, NASA continued extensive research on advanced
propulsion and space power generation systems using chemical energy. Prog-
ress was made on engines using liquid, solid and hybrid liquid-solid propel-
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lants; on rocket engines that use air or planetary atmosphere for thrust aug-
mentation ; and vn engines that use solar energy to heat the fluid propellant.
Because nuclear energy now seems to be the most promising power source
for space vehicles making long deep space voyages, NASA continued to make
technological advances in research and development of nuclear electric power,
nuclear electric propulsion, and nuclear rockets.
SNAP-8 (Systems for Nuclear Auxiliary Power)--a joint AEC/NASA project
for the design and development of a 35-kilowatt nuclear electrical generating
system--is one example of this nuclear effort. This type of system would be
used to provide auxiliary power for such advanced space missions as manned
or unmanned deep space probes, a lunar station, advanced operational communi-
cations satellites, and space laboratories. Progress during this period was made
in assurance of reliability through design improvements. The electrical generat-
ing system was defined, space startup procedure was established, and reactor
checkout and power experiments were begun.
Other advances included research on ion engine concepts, arc jet engines,
and the supporting research needed to solve basic development problems, develop
instrumentation, and enhance knowledge of the basic technology. And the KIWI,
NERVA, and RIFT projects continued under development.
NASA's programs require a wide variety of highly coordinated supporting
activities. One such essential activity is the group of tracking and data acquisi-
tion networks. These were expanded and improved through the addition of
equipment and the construction of new facilities. Operationally, the networks
supported the Project Mercury flight of May 15-16 as well as 20 satellite launches.
NASA further expanded its international programs to promote cooperation
among nations in the peaceful uses of space. By the end of the period, 64 political
jurisdictions were or had been associated with the United States in space
activities for the benefit of all nations. Also within this time, the United States
and the Soviet Union made a bilateral agreement providing for coordinated
launchings of geomagnetic and weather satellites and data exchanges. The
agreement also called for limited experiments with the Echo II communications
satellite when it is placed in orbit.
The period also saw the agency expand its educational programs and improve
its methods of disseminating scientific and technical information. The sustain-
ing university program, which is designed to assure greater university par-
ticipation in the Nation's space effort, continued. And the Agency's sponsored
research programs sought further to expand knowledge and broaden research
capabilities.
Tho many complex and expanded programs of the Agency relied increasingly
on the nontechnical activities concerned with directing, managing, and financing
our national space effort. Such activities included the recruiting of com-
petent personnel for technical and nontechnical functions, the continuing im-
provement of the organization of the Agency for better direction and more
effective management, the effort to manage finances efficiently and economically,
and finally the development of procurement techniques and plans to adequately
support all the programs of the Agency.
NASA's many closely interrelated functions are all essential to the success
of its mission as well as to the success of the Nation's effort in space. The
culmination of Project Mercury during this period is but one indication of
how far the United States has come since the beginning of the NASA space
effort 5 years ago. What we have learned from this project and the activities
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related to it lay the groundwork for the same kind of achievement in our
future programs. We can all be proud of our accomplishments and sure that
we will move steadily forward toward our national goal of space leadership.
Just as the boundaries of space are limitless, so are the possibilities of man's
conquest of space limited only by his ambition, his will, and his faith.
Respectfully yours,
Contents
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CHAPTER 3--APPLICATIONS PROGRAM .......................... 78
Meteorological Systems_ ................................ 78
TIROS_ .......................................... 79
Nimbus .......................................... 79
Advanced SatelliteSystems_ ........................ 81
Sounding Rockets ................................. 82
Communications Systems .............................. 83
Active Communications Satellites.................... 83
Relay ........................................ 84
Telstar_...................................... 84
Syncom ...................................... 85
Advanced Synchronous Altitude Satellite Studies__ 85
Passive Communications Satellites ................... 86
Future Applications Satellites ........................... 87
Navigation ....................................... 87
Data Collection by Satellite ......................... 87
CHAPTSR 4--ADVANCED RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY ....... 89.
Aeronautical Research ................................ 89
Aircraft Aerodynamics ............................. 89
Air-Breathing Propulsion ........................... 90
Supersonic Commercial Air Transport ................ 90
Hypersonic Aircraft_ ............................... 91
X-15 Research Airplane Program ................... 92
V/STOL (Vertical and Short Takeoff and Landing)
Aircraft ........................................ 92
Space Vehicle Systems (Supporting Research and Tech-
nology) ............................................. 93
Aerothermodynamics and Related Problems .......... 93
Lifting Reentry ............................... 93
Vehicle Heating and Heat Transfer .............. 93
Environmental Effects ............................. 96
High Energy Radiation Effects and Shielding ..... 96
Meteoroid Environment and Impact Hazard ...... 96
Propulsion and Power Generation ....................... 97
Liquid Propulsion Systems ......................... 98
Launch Vehicle Engines ........................ 98
Advanced Liquid Propellants and Supporting Tech-
nology ..................................... 99
Solid Propulsion Systems .......................... 99
Research on Propellants ........................ 100
Combustion Ignition and Fluid Dynamics ........ 100
Motor Development ........................... 100
Subsystems and Components .................... 100
Space Power Technology ........................... 100
Solar Cells .................................... 100
Thermionic Power Converters ....................... 101
Multikilowatt Solar Power System ............... 101
Batteries for Space Applications ................. 102
Advanced Fuel Cells ............................ 102
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CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS ...................... 129
Appendixes
Illustrations
Tables
The seven astronauts selected for manned space flight were: Alan
B. Shepard, Jr., a Navy commander; Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, an
Air Force major; John H. Glenn, Jr., a Marine lieutenant colonel;
M. Scott Carpenter, a Navy lieutenant commander; Walter M. Schirra,
Jr., a Navy commander; L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., an Air Force major;
and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton, an Air Force major. (Of these seven,
Slayton was the only one not to make a flight aboard a Mercury
spacecraft.)
The Project Mercury flight-test plan developed in 1959 called for a
total of 27 flight tests. During the project's lifetime, seven of the
original tests were eliminated while others were modified or added.
In all, 24 flight tests were accomplished. Following is a brief review
of those tests and flights:
Little Joe 1, August 21, 1959: This test was canceled when a faulty
wiring circuit prematurely actuated the escape system and carried the
spacecraft out over the water. The main chute did not deploy and
the spacecraft was destroyed at impact.
Big Joe 1, September 9, 1959 : This flight to investigate reentry prob-
lems used a boilerplate spacecraft on an Atlas launch vehicle. It ac-
complished all technical objectives and the spacecraft was recovered.
Because of this success a second scheduled similar mission (Big Joe 2)
was canceled.
Little Joe 6, October 4, 1959 : Conducted at Wallops Island, Va., this
test checked booster performance. Eight solid propellant rockets were
used to develop 250,000 pounds of thrust at liftoff. The mission vali-
dated the aerodynamic and structural integrity of the booster and the
use of the command destruction system.
Little Joe l-A, November 4, 1959 : This test, also at Wallops Island,
executed a planned abort under high aerodynamic load conditions.
The boilerplate spacecraft was recovered.
Little Joe _, December 4, 1959 : This test at Wallops Island to check
high-altitude performance of the escape system carried a rhesus mon-
key, Sam, as test subject. All test objectives were met and both the
spacecraft and passenger were recovered.
Little Joe 1-tl, January 21, 1960: Another test at Wallops Island
evaluated the escape system under high aerodynamic load. Another
rhesus monkey, Miss Sam, was the test subject. The spacecraft and
occupant were successfully recovered.
Beavh Abort Test, May 9, 1960 : McDonnell's first production space-
craft and its escape system were tested in an off-the-pad evaluation
of the escape rocket system at Wallops Island. The test was successful
and the spacecraft was recovered.
Mercury-Atlas I (MA-1), July 29, 1960: This was the first Atlas-
boosted flight, and was aimed at qualifying the capsule under maxi-
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and the helmet proper. The positive seal provides greater reliability
and elilninates the need to carry an air bottle and the associated
hardware.
Preliminary reports on the postflight physiological status of Astro-
naut Cooper and on the functioning of biomedical equipment during
the MA-9 flight were generally satisfactory. Dehydration of the
astronaut occurred when part of the drinking water became contami-
nated with condensate, but the dehydration was corrected within 24
hours after landing.
After analysis of data from this Mercury flight, NASA determined
that another flight of this type would not be necessary. Therefore,
the agency reoriented certain of its activities and increased concentra-
tion on the Gemini and Apollo programs.
The Agena D will serve as the target vehicle for Gemini rendevous
and docking missions. In support of Project Gemini, the Air Force
moved to procure the required vehicles and to definitize areas for
the Agena modification program. During the report period, devel-
opment proceeded on a multiple restart propulsion system, a pro-
gramer system, telemetry, a command receiver, and other subsystems
peculiar to Gemini in the specially configured Agena D target vehicle.
In addition, production designs of the primary propulsion system,
the secondary propulsion system, and the command receiver were
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The objectives of the Apollo program are to begin the manned explo-
ration of the moon and to return the explorers to earth during this
decade, and to clearly establish U.S. preeminence in space. This pro-
gram is the greatest scientific and technical endeavor ever attempted.
By the end of the reporting period, almost 200,000 persons were work-
ing on the program. More than 90 percent of the work is contracted
to private industry.
The overall program is managed by the Office of Manned Space
Flight at Headquarters. Three field centers are responsible for major
aspects of the project: Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville,
Ala., for launch vehicles and propulsion; the Manned Spacecraft
Center at Houston for spacecraft, crew training, and flight operations;
and the Launch Operations Center at Merritt Island, Fla., for the
final checkout and launching of the boosters and spacecraft.
During the report period, the Apollo spacecraft program progressed
significantly in the development of the command and service modules,
major spacecraft subsystems, initiation of lunar excursion module
(LEM) design work, guidance and navigation, and work on support
facilities.
NASA also continued to place heavy emphasis on the development
of the very powerful engines and launch vehicles required in Apollo.
To place a spacecraft weighing 90,000 pounds on a trajectory to the
moon requires a tremendous amount of power. The Saturn V launch
vehicle, for example, will generate enough power to place 80 Mercury
space capsules in orbit.
Construction of the fabrication, testing, and launching facilities
required for Project Apollo also continued at a rapid rate.
Before the actual flights to the moon, however, there will be a
number of unmanned and manned earth orbital missions, using the
Saturn I and Saturn I-B boosters. The Saturn I will be employed for
unmanned flights of test versions of the command and service modules.
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Following these flights, when the more advanced Saturn I-B becomes
available, NASA will launch into earth orbit all three modules of the
Apollo spacecraft. On these flights, scheduled to begin in 1966,
astronauts will be able to develop the operational techniques of
deployment and docking of the lunar excursion module.
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rendezvous with the command module in lunar orbit, and for the
return to a landing on earth. Control will be in the hands of the
astronauts.
Little Joe II
NASA plans to use Little Joe I1 flight vehicles for tests to be con-
ducted to qualify the launch escape system and to verify the structural
integrity of the h a 1 flight type spacecraft.
I n February, NASA contracted for delivery of four Little Joe I1
flight vehicles, two launchers, and associated ground service equip-
ment. Negotiations were completed in June for two additional Little
Joe I1 vehicles, making a total of six to be used in supporting Project
Apollo. Also, the necessary action was taken to procure the rocket
motors for the Little Joe I1 launch vehicles.
These vehicles and equipment are to be flown at the White Sands
Missile Range (WSMR) during the latter part of 1963 and through
1965. A t WSMR, the launch pad, launcher, and service tower were
completed and were ready for assembly of the first Little Joe I1vehicle.
Figure 1-13 shows a Little Joe I1 launch vehicle with its launcher,
as it will be set up at WSMR.
Engine Development
Major effort was devoted during the first half of 1963 to the develop-
ment of engines primarily intended for the Saturn-class launch vehi-
cles. These are the R L l O A 3 , the H-1, the 5-2 and the F-1. Figure
1-14, “Engines for manned flight,” shows the family of engines being
worked on and indicates their relative sizes in terms of thrust.
The RL-IO A-3 Engines.-Development and testing of the R L l O
8-3 engine (fig. 1-15), a liquid oxygen-liquid hydrogen engine de-
veloping 15,000 pounds of thrust, brought it to a high state of per-
formance and reliability. The RL-10 engine, in clusters of six, is used
in the S-IT second stage of the Saturn I launch vehicle. Two R L l O
engines power the upper stage of the Centaur launch vehicle. I n more
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and no major development problems were encountered.
Between January and June, 37 production engines were delivered,
making a total of 60 such deliveries.
Because this engine may have uses other than those currently planned
in the Saturn I and Centaur launch vehicles, development work was.
continued in connection with low-thrust capability for coasting appli-
cations and with specific impulse improvements for greater payload
capability. Also, steps were taken to demonstrate the feasibility of
throttling the engine from 10 percent to 100 percent of its rated thrust.
The H-1 Engine. The H-1 engine, illustrated in figure 1-16, has a
thrust rating of 188,000 pounds; NASA is developing and producing
it to be used in clusters of eight for the Saturn I and I-B launch vehi-
cles. Its propellant combination is oxygen and kerosene.
During this report period, a stainless-steel thrust chamber design
was under evaluation. Two stainless-steel thrust chambers accumu-
lated over 3,000 seconds of successful operation. If success continues,
it is anticipated that stainless steel will be substituted for nickel alloy
as the thrust chamber material in order to provide greater resistance
to the development of seeping leak cracks.
The J-_ Engine.--The J-2 engine, pictured in figure 1-17, is expected
to have a thrust rating of 200,000 pounds; like the RL-10, it uses
liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen as its propellant. Its thrust is 13 times
as great. It is intended for use in the second stage of the Saturn I-B
launch vehicle and in the second and third stages of the Saturn V
launch vehicle.
Progress in the J-2 program during the period was reflected in the
increased number of engines available for testing and in the increased
engine test time. The planned engine test rate of 32 per month was
significantly exceeded. In some instances, there were as many as 37
tests; in others, as many as 52. Many full duration tests were run ; on
two occasions, three such tests were conducted on a single engine dur-
ing one day. One engine accumulated 4,770 seconds of running time
without major component failure.
In January, two engine test stands were activated, bringing to three
the number available.
Simplified versions of the J-2 (referred to as Block II versions)
were placed in the test program and performed satisfactorily. The
Block II version is close to that specified for the Preflight Rating
Test (PFRT).
The F-1 Engine.--The F-l, which uses the same oxygen-kerosene
propellant combination as the H-l, is the largest engine NASA is
developing for this kind of fuel (fig. 1-18). In its operational con-
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The Saturn I First Stage (S-I) .--The first stage of Saturn consists
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gines; total thrust of the stage is 1.5 million pounds.
In March of this year, the static test of the fifth S-I stage was con-
ducted (fig. 1-21). During the same month, dynamic tests were also
conducted to determine the characteristics of the stage in flight. The
vehicle used for this particular test was then shipped to the Launch
Operations Center (LOC) for checkout of the Launch Complex 37
(LC-37) facilities.
The sixth S-I stage was static tested in June. Five additional
stages were being assembled; these include three being built by the
contractor at the Government-owned Michoud (La.) plant.
The SatuTw I Second Stage (S-IV).--The S-IV stage of Saturn I
makes use of six liquid hydrogen-liquid oxygen RL-10 A-3 engines;
total stage thrust is 90,000 pounds. Figure 1-22 shows a cutaway of
the S-IV stage.
Thirteen six-engine clusters of the RL-10 (in the battleship 1
version of the S-IV stage of the Saturn I launch vehicle) were suc-
cessfully test fired several times. Ten such tests ran for the full dura-
tion expected under operating conditions with only minor engine
deficiencies; these were readily corrected. Following the successful
completion of the battleship tests, work was accelerated on the prepa-
ration of the S-IV stage to be used in the fifth flight test.
The live second stage for the launch was completed on the con-
tractor's production line and was shipped for acceptance static firing
to Sacramento, Calif.
Twenty-five hot firings of the S-IV battleship version confirmed the
propulsion design. One nonflying version of the stage was sent to the
Launch Operations Center for launch facility checkout, while another
was sent to Marshall Space Flight Center for dynamic (heavy vibra-
tion) tests. Other tests investigated the structural integrity of the
flight stage design.
The second flight version of this stage, to be used in the sixth Saturn
I test, underwent production acceptance testing; and, at the close of
the period, five other similar versions were in various phases of
assembly.
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The Saturn V
The Saturn V, shown in figure 1-24, is the largest and most pow-
erful launch vehicle in the Saturn family. Comprised of three stages,
the Saturn V will be used as the vehicle to launch the three-man
Apollo spacecraft for the ultimate lunar landing mission. The
stages of this vehicle are the S-IC (first), the S-I1 (second), and the
S-IVB (third).
The Saturn V First Stage (S-IC) .-The S-IC is to be 33 feet in
diameter and 138 feet high; at liftoff, it will weight about 4.6 million
pounds. The booster will be powered by a cluster of five 1.5-million-
pound thrust F-1 engines for a total thrust of 7.5 million pounds.
Figure 1-25 is a cutaway of the S-IC, showing the clustered F-1
engines.
Figure 1-27. Welding two gore segments (apex and base) to form a complete gore.
guidance and stabilization system for all stages of the vehicle. (It will
also be used with Saturn I-B.) The unit is to be 260 inches in diameter
and 36 inches high; the weight should be around 3_00 pounds.
During the period, initial design of the unit was nearly completed;
als% practically all items for it were being designed, developed, and
fabricated. Figure 1-29 shows an artist's concept of the unit.
Saturn Facilities
During the period, NASA moved ahead with the design, develop-
ment_ and construction of the facilities needed for making_ supporting,
testing, and launching the Saturn family of vehicles. Sigu_ficant
achievements were as follows:
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsv_lle_ A/c_.--Construction of
the hydrostatic test facility was about 80 percent complete. Work con-
tinued on the S-IC static test stand (the stand will rise about 400 feet
above the ground when finished). Construction of the west area test
complex and of the F-1 engine test stand moved ahead.
Michoud, La.--The foundation of the vertical assembly and hydro-
static test facility was finished and work on the superstructure was
underway. Modifications to the S-I and S-IC stage fabrication areas
were on schedule. Contracts were awarded for site preparation and
steelwork on the new engineering building. At nearby Slidell, La.,
modifications to the computer facility were completed.
Mississippi T,:st Facility.--At this site_ NASA progressed with the
design of necessary facilities and with the necessary clearing, excavat-
ing_ dredging_ access road building, and perimeter fencing. Construc-
tion is currently underway on the foundations for the Saturn V
first-stage and second-stage test stands_ the office and administration
building_ the telephone building_ the emergency service building_ the
warehouse_ a construction dock_ and other required facilities. In
addition_ a railroad spur into MTF was finished_ at no cost to the
Government.
Launch Operations Center, Fla.--Launch Complex No. 34 was being
modified to provide the capability for servicing live upper stages (pre-
viously used for live first-stage_ dummy second-stage launchings).
Construction of Launch Complex 37B was completed. Design and
construction of Launch Complex 39 (mobile concept) was underway;
designs of the Vertical Assembly Building_ the Crawler-Transporter_
and the Launcher-Umbilical Towers were also essentially completed.
Construction of the industrial area on Merritt Island to support
manned space flight launch operations was underway. The Orsino-
Banana River Causeway was completed and the roadway on it was
under construction.
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pounds. Major changes included more efficient fuel pumps and a cooler
operating, higher performing thrust chamber.
In the development of major engine components_ the first thrust
chamber injector was virtually completed and significant progress was
made toward completing one of the thrust chamber and gas generator
test stands. Four gas generator assemblies were completed and two
of them were fired (one in May_ one in June). The design and devel-
opment work of the turbopump assembly components was advanced.
The construction of M-1 facilities reached 15 percent completion on
an overall basis.
By the first half of 1963_ a new and clearer picture of the earth's
atmosphere and its environment began to emerge based on 5TASA_s
extensive scientific investigations in space.
The structure of the atmosphere at all altitudes was reasonably
firmly established, as was the full extent of the ionosphere beginning
at the lower altitude of 40 miles. Existence of trapped energetic
particles--electrons and protons--at distances of 1,000 to 20,000 miles
in the Van Allen radiation region (unsuspected itself until 1958) was
established.
A haze of cosmic dust was found and determined to be primarily a
terrestrial cloud. Also discovered were certain important relation-
ships between the density and temperature of the earth's atmosphere
and solar radiation.
Relationships of geophysical phenomena to solar phenomena were
steadily becoming clearer. So also was the dependence of the ozone
layer (at an altitude of between 10 to 30 miles) and of the ionosphere
upon the absorption of solar radiation.
The Agency continued its exploration of outer space to better under-
stand this new concept of the earth and the area surrounding it and
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sun instead. This failure led to a review of the entire Ranger pro-
gram by a board of inquiry made up of experts from NASA and
industry. (See Chapter 8, Eighth Semiannual Report.)
Detailed exploratory tests and a comprehensive design review of
the spacecraft were completed_ resulting in improvements which
promise greater success with future Rangers. During the course of
these tests Ranger VI made 13 simulated 66-hour lunar flights in a
large vacuum chamber where the performance of the subsystems was
carefully monitored. Results were very encouraging.
Senior scientists and engineers in the design reviews examined each
subsystem in detail and made certain modifications to increase the
spacecraft's reliability. These included strengthening the structure,
changing over to Mariner R-type solar panels, adding extra batteries,
and improving the TV system to permit pictures over a larger range
of lunar lighting conditions.
Surveyor lander •
Voyager
Results of overall system studies of Voy+ger indicated that com-
bined orbiter-lander missions to Mars and Venus were feasible and de-
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Figure 2-4. Mariner II microwave temperature study ofVenusian atmosphere and surface.
Bioscience Programs
After a detailed study of the Nation’s space program the National
Academy of Sciences, through its Space Science Board, concluded
that investigations of extraterrestrial life should be assigned top
priority in NASA’s exploration of space. The Academy also recom-
mended increased research into the biological effects of zero gravity
and of the removal from the effects of the earth’s rotation-both
stresses unique to the space environment.
Responding to these recommendations, NASA’s space biology pro-
gram was expanded during this report period and substantial progress
.was made in several fields.
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Figure 2-6. Balloon analyzes infrared range of wave lengths from Man.
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Instruments aboard the balloon (fig. 2-7) were the largest and the
heaviest purely scientific payload ever to leave the surface of the earth.
Behavioral Biology
During the report period, bioscientists continued their investiga-
tions into the effects of weightlessness (zero g) on various life forms.
Experiments were underway to determine how changes in gravity
affect the human inner ear which functions to maintain man’s posture
and equilibrium.
Using a fiberglas centrifuge rotating at 77.5 rpm (fig. 2-10)
University of Kentucky investigators observed the behavior of mice
moving about freely in gravity fields varying from 1to 3.2 g’s. I n
related studies at Ames Research Center a rotating chamber (fig. 2-11)
was used to memum the ability of animals to make appropriate re-
sponses in different gravity fields.
Figure 2-10. Centrifuge creates gravity fields to study etTects of weightlessness on mice
Figure 2-1 2. Apparatus determines effects of restricted and free movement on develop-
ment of normal visual perception in the cat.
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MediumLaunchVehicles'
NASA continued to use, uprate, and further develop the medium
launch vehicles employed in support of its scientific probes, satellites,
and umnanned spacecraft. These include the Scout, the Delta, the
Thor-Agena/Atlas-Agena, and the Atlas-Centaur.
The Scout
The four-stage Scout vehicle was used for six launches during the
period, two from Wallops Island and four from the Pacific Missile
Range. From Wallops, NASA successfully accomplished a reentry
experiment for the Atomic Energy Commission and placed a satellite
in orbit for the Air Force. (The other four launches were conducted
by the Department of Defense.)
For some time, NASA has been working to uprate the solid motors
of the Scout. On the last launch from Wallops Island, the uprated
fourth stage motor, X-258, was successfully flight tested. This is the
third of Scout's four solid rocket motors to be uprated.
The production line output of the standard NASA/DOD vehicle
remained on schedule; a fiscal year 1963 contract was signed, calling
for 23 vehicles on a fixed price incentive basis. Also, steps were taken
to provide for uprating the remaining motor (second stage), and a
velocity control program for increased accuracy was initiated.
The Delta
The Atlas-Centaur
Applications Program
Meteorological Systems
Highlighting NASA's achievements in meteorology during the
report period were the continued efficient performance of the TIROS
satellite system (summarized in the table, p. 80) and advances in
developing the successor to TIROS, the Nimbus spacecraft. The
more sophisticated Nimbus, which will provide 24-hour global cover-
age, was being engineered to assure continuous operation for 6 months
to a year or more.
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TIROS
The launching of TIROS VII by a Delta vehicle on June 19 marked
an unbroken series of seven successful launches of these meteorological
satellites. Sensory systems aboard the spacecraft operated well from
the time of its launch into an orbit with an apogee of 403 miles, perigee
of 386 miles, an inclination of 58 ° , and an orbital period of 97 minutes,
Sensors included two TV cameras to take earth cloud cover pictures,
infrared radiometers to gather nighttime cloud cover data and data
for use in developing horizon scanners for the Nimbus satellite, and
an electron temperature probe.
The original date for orbiting TIROS VII was twice postponed in
view of the continued satisfactory performance of the fifth and sixth
in the TIROS series, and to assure that the latest meteorological satel-
lite would be of maximum use during the 1963 hurricane season. On
April 19 TIROS V became the longest operating of these satellites
as it completed ten months of operation since being launched on June
19, 1962. (The previous record for longevity was held by TIROS II.)
The record-setting TIROS V stopped transmitting on May 5, after
having sent over 58,000 earth cloud cover pictures (about 85 percent
meteorologically usable) in its 4,579 orbits around the earth. The
U.S. Weather Bureau sent 399 storm advisories around the world
based on TIROS V pictures. These included coverage of two hurri-
canes and four typhoons.
TIROS VI, launched September 18, 1962, continued to provide ex-
cellent cloud cover pictures.
The TIROS project is summarized in table I.
Nimbus
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I About 80 percent of the frames received from TIROS I through VI were useable pictures.
Sounding Rockets
During the first six months of 1963, NASA used large and small
meteorological sounding rockets (figs. 3-3 and 3 4 ) to measure and
study the structure and dynamics of the atmosphere between 20 and
70 miles above the earth.
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Nine large sounding m k e t s of the Nike-Cajun class, with payloads
of grenades, sodium vapor, or pitot-static tubes, were launched from
Wallops Island, Va. and Fort Churchill, Canada, into the upper por-
tion of this 20- through 70-mile range. For 1964, 45 similar experi-
ments were planned from these and other locations.
About 40 small sounding rockets of the Arcas and Loki classes,
carrying chaff, sphere, or parachutes with temperature sensor package
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Aeronautical Research
Aircraft Aerodynamics
Under the stimulus of the U.S. commercial supersonic transport pro-
gram and the F-111 supersonic fighter development, NASA placed
increased emphasis on aerodynamics research. New data from re-
search on drag and stability factors were made available for the design
of advanced prototypes of supersonic configurations. The agency aslo
increased its efforts related to reducing supersonic drag by boundary
layer control. New information stemming from these efforts is ex-
pected to lead to the development of more reliable, efficient, and eco-
nomic aircraft.
Air-Breathing Propulsion
vide good flying characteristics at the low speeds needed for landing
and takeoff as well as for efficient supersonic cruise. Distinguishing
features of the SCAT-17 are a long fuselage with a fixed delta wing
mounted well aft and canard control surfaces well forward. The ad-
vantage of this fixed-wing structure is greater simplicity in construc-
tion.
Guidelines set by NASA for evaluation of the four concepts are
aimed at desigu of an aircraft which will be able to carry a payload
of 26,125 pounds, operate from existing airports with 9,500 feet of run-
way, and cruise over a range of 1,150 to 3,700 miles at supersonic speed
and from 250 to 1,150 miles at subsonic speeds.
The aircraft must be able to operate at costs equivalent to or compa-
rable with those of present subsonic jet transports. It must also be
able to comply with applicable civil air regulations and create no more
engine noise than present jetcraft; its sonic boom must not generate
more than 2 pounds per square foot pressure rise on the ground while
the craft is accelerating, and not more than 11/_ during steady cruising
flight.
Studies conducted thus far reveal that the maximum allowable pres-
sure rise due to sonic boom will be a controlling factor in the gross
weight of a supersonic transport design. The results of the studies
suggest an aircraft with a gross weight roughly one-third heavier than
present sonic jets.
Materials studies for construction of the supersonic transport con-
centrated on evaluation of six alloys selected by a special NASA-
sponsored Government-industry committee. Titanium alloys seem
most promising. Despite its advantages, a better engineering under-
standing of titanium as a structural metal is required. And more re-
search must be done to increase airworthiness and operational safety.
In these areas, significant progress was being made.
Hyperson ic Aircraft
NASA and the USAF continued their cooperative research pro-
gram to advance the technology of manned hypersonic air-breathing
aircraft. This research in critical areas of aerodynamics, propulsion,
structures, and materials emphasized tradeoff and optimization
analyses, aerodynamic configuration investigations, and cryogenic-
fueled ramjet studies.
Results point to significant advantages to be had from recoverable
reusable vehicles for orbital or high-speed global transportation.
However, further experiments with major components exposed to true
flight environmental conditions are needed and were being planned.
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Figure 4-2. NASA test pilot Milton Thompson and the M-9 spacecraft.
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Supportin 9 Studies
At its centers and through research contracts, NASA continued its
scientific investigations in areas not directly related to a specific field
or program. These investigations included electrophysics, applied
mathematics, radiation properties, two-phase flow_ rocket nozzle heat
transfer, fluid mechanics, plasma diagnostics, low density thermal
radiation stabilization_ and stress rupture testing.
Electrophysics.--Studies in the physics of low energy nuclear inter-
actions showed that nuclear exchanges play an essential role in colli-
sions of particles such as hydrogen and helium at 40 mev (million
electron volts). Further knowledge of such exchanges should provide
an important breakthrough in reducing radiation hazards in space.
At Columbia University, under a NASA grant_ a new excited or
metastable state of the lithium atom was found. Further investiga-
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fere with the pilot's visibility, with radar measurements, and with
landing of the vehicle. A study was made to find the parameters of
the rocket exhaust and dust layer which determine the erosion process.
Data from the study may help assure a lunar craft vehicle design that
will permit safe landing and takeoff from the lunar surface if it should
prove to have a dust layer of any depth.
Plasma Diagnosties.--Because of the need to investigate the prop-
erties and the behavior of ionized gases (plasmas)_ NASA developed
two plasma probe techniques. One, the magneprobe, was designed to
give information on the masses and energies of the charged particles
of ion or plasma beams which are contained by a magnetic field. The
other, the total plasma probe, measures total ion flux, one of the most
important parameters for studying plasma flows. Such research may
help make possible development and construction of hypervelocity
wind tunnels for testing advanced vehicles under actual space
conditions.
Low Density.--Under NASA sponsorship, a California Institute of
Technology study showed that a shock wave produced in the low den-
sity air of high altitude has characteristics and structure different
from those of a shock wave produced in the highly dense lower atmos-
phere. To confirm the theoretical results and to study shock waves
experimentally under initial reentry conditions, a low density shock
tube was constructed for the project. Data from the study may affect
vehicle design and contribute to understanding of communications
blackout upon reentry.
Technology Research
Technology research efforts continued on three principal approaches
to energy conversion for use in space: (1) Rankine alkali metal cycle
systems, (2) Brayton cycle inert gas systems, and (3) thermionic direct
conversion systems.
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(1) A bearing stability test rig was completed and was being
checked out. This test rig was designed to produce the first adequately
instrumented data on the characteristics of journal bearings operating
at very high speeds, such as those experienced in space travel. These
data, which will make it possible to predict the maximum bearing
speed for stable operation, are vital to design.
Electrothermal
To provide a basic understanding of the arc process_ research was
undertaken in thermal analysis, arc stability and composition_ and
state of the exhaust gases. Methods of increasing the temperature
of the discharge to increase specific impulse were investigated_ and
materials and construction configuration were studied.
Electrostatic
Electromagnetic
NASA continued basic investigations of various plasma accelerator
concepts_ including the microwave_ traveling wave_ coaxial pulse (two
types)_ and steady-state Hall current accelerators. The coaxial pulse
concept demonstrated sufficiently high efficiencies to warrant the ini-
tiation of plans for a development program. Capacitators and super-
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NuclearRocketProgram
Nuclear rocket systems appear to be the best source of the high-
energy propulsion needed for interplanetary missions, such as a
manned expedition to Mars. With chemical propulsion, it is estimated
that the payload for a manned trip to Mars and return would take
100 separate launchings for assembly in space. The nuclear rocket
system with its substantially smaller fuel payload should reduce the
number of launches to 10.
The development of nuclear rocket systems is a joint program of
NASA and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). NASA has
primary responsibility for the research and development on nonreactor
components and for integrating the reactor into the engine; the AEC
has primary responsibility for research and development on all re-
actor types and reactor components required for space missions speci-
fied by NASA. The Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO), an
office jointly staffed by NASA and the AEC, coordinates and manages
the Nuclear Rocket Program, except for the RIFT (Reactor In Flight
Test) project, which is the sole responsibility of NASA.
SNPO operates through three extension offices. The Albuquerque
Extension handles liaison with the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory ;
the Cleveland Extension monitors detailed activities relating to the
NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application) program;
and the Nevada Extension is responsible for site management and con-
struction activities at the Nuclear Rocket Development Station
(NRDS) in Nevada. (Other details appear in NASA's Eighth Semi-
annual Report.)
KIWI Tests
During the first half of 1963, NASA continued to expand and im-
prove its tracking and data acquisition networks through the purchase
of additional equipment and the construction of new facilities. Oper-
ationally, the Manned Space Flight Network supported the Project
Mercury orbital flight of Astronaut L. Gordon Cooper, Jr., and the
Satellite Network supported 20 satellite launches. These and other
related activities are discussed in detail in the following pages.
Network stations, except Eglin and White Sands and the ships,
have display consoles of various types. (Fig. 6-2 shows the Bermuda
tracking station console.) Almost all the stations have capsule com-
municator, aeromedical, and spacecraft system displays. At certain
critical stations, special displays are available for countdown, flight
dynamics, and capsule environment. The displays at the Control
Center at Cape Kennedy include such other capabilities as flight
safety, operations director console, recovery direcbor console, booster
vehicle monitor, orbital position indicator, predicted impact indica-
tor, and field station status indicator. The data from the displays
at the various stations are reported by display observers over com-
munications circuits to the control center and passed on to the com-
putation center at Goddard.
During the period under review, the major event supported by
the Manned Space Flight Network was the 22-orbit MA-9 mission
of Astronaut Cooper on May 15-16. After technical difficulties
with the Bermuda radar had been eliminated, the network’s tracking
and data acquisition performance was excellent throughout the flight.
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Figure 6-2. Display console of the Mercury Space Flight Network station a t Bermuda.
For the first time, television equipment was installed in the capsule,
at the Canary Islands and Cape Kennedy stations, and on the ship
Coastal Sentry. The Canary Islands station and the C m t d Sentry
were equipped with a T V recording system; Cape Kennedy ms
equipped with a recording and reproduction system. However, poor
lighting conditions in the capsule affected the quality of the pictures
received by the ground stations, and the results of this T V transmis-
sion experiment were, therefore, not conclusive. Purther research
was begun on ways to improve picture quality for future manned
flights.
For the MA-9 mission, 'ft third 7094 computer at Goddard was
equipped with real-time computing capability. The additional com-
puter, required because of the length of the mission, made it possible
to alternate computers so that maintenance could be performed with-
out interrupting the required computer support. All three computers
performed satisfactorily.
Two radar tracking ships supported the flight of MA-9. One was
stationed in the Pacific Ocean west of Midway Island, the other in the
Atlantic Ocean between Cape Kennedy and Bermuda. They provided
radar tracking data in real time, maintained voice communication
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with the astronaut, and acquired telemetry data. The Twin Falls Vic-
tory, located in the Atlantic, successfully tracked on orbits 2, 4, 15, and
16, and the Range Tracker, in the Pacific Ocean, successfully tracked
on orbits 7, 20, and 21. The Range Tracker also tracked on orbit 22
while the capsule was in the "blackout" area during reentry. The
tracking data from this ship, comparable in quality to that acquired
by land-based tracking radars, is the first received from radar track-
ing ships equipped with precision navigational equipment.
NASA continued to procure tracking and data acquisition equip-
ment to support the Gemini program during this period. Major
items included pulse code modulation telemetry systems, a digital data
system for ground-to-spacecraft communication, RF command sys-
tems, and new and modified flight control consoles for both the control
center and the remote sites.
To accommodate this new equipment at the sites, plans were formu-
lated to expand the building facilities and the power system. In
addition, construction was begun on a new station at Camarvon, Aus-
tralia, to replace the two Mercury stations at Muchea and Woomera.
It will support manned space flight missions and the more _phisti-
cared unmanned scientific satellite projects.
Finally, planning was started to develop the tracking and data
acquisition requirements--additional ground support instrumentation,
specially instrumented ships, and three new network stations--for
support of the Apollo lunar missions.
Satellite Network
The Satellite Network (described more fully in ch. 7 of NASA's
Eighth Semiannual Report) supported a total of 20 satellite launches
during this period, including the following new NASA satellites:
Name Date launched
Explorer XV_I ........................................... Apr. 3, 1963
Telstar II ............................................... May 7, 1963
TIROS VII .............................................. June 19, 1963
Figure 6-3. The 85-foot parabolic antenna of the Deep Space Network Station, Johan-
nesburg, South Africa.
International Programs
Cooperative Projects
Ar9entina
NASA and the Argentine National Commission for Space Research
agreed on March 15 to cooperate in studies of electron density profiles
in the ionosphere 25 to 85 miles above the earth using sounding rockets
launched from the Chamical range in northern Argentina.
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Australia
Brazil
The Brazilian National Commission for Space Activities, on
March 14, agreed with NASA to a cooperative program of ionospheric
research through studies of satellite radio transmissions received at
three stations spanning the geomagnetic equator in Brazil. A
memorandum of understanding with the Brazilian space commission
provided that the Commission construct, equip, and operate the sta-
tions and that NASA loan necessary scientific equipment unavailable
in Brazil.
Canada
France
NASA and the French National Center for Space Studies, on
February 18, agreed to a cooperative program for launching French
very low frequency (VLF) experiments on Aerobee sounding rockets
from Wallops Island in 1963, and the launching of a French VLF
satellite if these rocket flights should demonstrate its feasibility.
An experiment sponsored by the French space center to make
photometer airglow measurements was selected for flight on the Polar
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (POGO).
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India
Participants from India were completing their training a t Goddard
Space Flight Center in a program of NASA-Indian Department of
Atomic Energy sounding rocket studies of upper atmosphere winds
and the equatorial electrojet.
During the report period construction began on the International
Sounding Rocket Range (fig. 7-1) which is on the geomagnetic qua-
tor at Thumba. The facility is expected to be ready for operation
by Novamber.
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Italy
The atmospheric drag balance mechanism, heart of the Italian San
Marco spacecraft, was tested on a shotput sounding rocket at Wallops
Island on April 20. The test was only partially successful, since the
rocket's despin mechanism failed to operate properly preventing a
true test of the sensitivity of the balance. A backup launch is planned
for late summer.
The principal objective of the joint U.S.-Italim San Marco project
is to determine the local density of the upper atmosphere in the
equatorial plane by launching an Italian satellite into equatorial orbit
from a towable platform (like a Texas tower) in the I n d i a Ocean
off the eQtst COBst Of Africa (w fig. 7-2).
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Figure 7-2. San Marco prototype payload undergoes tests a t Goddard Space Flight
Center.
Japan
Further experiments with sounding rockets for comparative studies
of Japanese and U.S. data on electron temperature and density in
the ionosphere were postponed pending analysis (of technical difficul-
ties in Aerobee vehicle launchings of these probes from Wallops
Island. Continuing cooperative experiments by NASA and the
Japanese Ministry of Post and Communications are designed to
produce more precise measurements of electron temperature and
density in the ionosphere.
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New Zealand
New Zealand launched on May 23 thefirst of a series of cooperative
sounding rocket experiments from Birdling's Flat on the Canterbury
Plains. The experiment, carried aloft by a NASA-supplied Arcas
rocket, will use a new technique developed in New Zealand to measure
electrical characteristics of the lower ionosphere.
Norway-Denmark
A successful Nike-Cajun launch on April 9 of a joint ionospheric
payload completed the current series of experiments at Wallops
Island under an agreement between NASA and the Norwegian Com-
mittee for Space Research. Investigations of the ionosphere 25 to
85 miles above the earth, with NASA technical assistance and Danish
cooperation, will continue at the Andoya, Norway, range during the
summer of 1963.
Pakistan
A cooperative NASA-Pakistan Upper Atmosphere and Space Re-
search Committee sodium vapor experiment was launched from
Sonmiani Beach, Pakistan, on May 16. The Nike-Cajun rocket per-
formed satisfactorily but_ unlike the successful launches of the pre-
vious year, the payload malfunctioned and bhe sodium vapor was
not released.
The agency also made plans to support the International Indian
Ocean expedition of 1964 by lending radar equipment to Pakistan
and India and by instructing scientists from these countries in the
use of small meteorological sounding rockets.
Scandinavia
Sweden
NASA and the Swedish Space Committee agreed on 1Yfay 27 to
continue their 1961-62 cooperative investigations of the origin and
nature of noctilucent (high-altitude, bright nighttime) clouds. The
committee, in cooperation with NASA scientists, will launch sound-
ing rocket grenade experiments from the range at Kronogard during
the summer of 1963 in attempts to measure upper atmosphere tem-
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United Kingdom
Ariel I (S-51)--carrying British instrumentation and launched by
NASA in April 1962 as the first international satellite--continued to
supply useful ionospheric data on an intermittent basis. A second
joint satellite--Ariel II (S-52)--is scheduled for launching early in
1964 (see fig. 7-3). The British also announced the selection of a
contractor for a third Ariel (S-53) to be launched by NASA but built
in the United Kingdom.
NASA and thi_ British National Committee on Space Research
agreed to include an ion mass spectrometer of the type flown on Ariel I
on the S-48 Topside Sounder, a U.S. satellite scheduled for launch
late in 1963.
Two British experiments were selected for flight on the fourth
NASA Orbiting Solar Observatory (OSO-D). A third British ex-
periment will serve as backup. An additional British experiment was
selected for the third Orbiting Astronomical Observatory. These
experiments are sponsored by the British National Committee on Space
Research which will develop, build, test, and evaluate the experiments,
follow them through to countdown, and analyze the resulting data.
U.S.S.R.
On June 8, 1962 NASA Deputy Administrator Dr. Hugh L. Dryden
and Academician A. A. Blagonravov of the Soviet Academy of
Sciences concluded a bilateral space agreement providing that the
United States and the Soviet Union coordinate launchings of weather
and geomagnetic satellites and exchange resulting data, as well as
experiment with the Echo II passive communications satellite. Fol-
lowing confirmation by the two governments, announcement of this
agreement was made at the United Nations on December 5 (Eighth
Semiannual Report_ chap. 9_ p. 146).
The same principals, together with additional technical specialists,
later worked out an implementing agreement for:
(a) Exchange of weather data received from each country's
experimental meteorological satellites by means of a fulltime data-
transmission link between world weather centers in Washington
and Moscow ; and subsequent coordination of operational meteor-
ological satellite launchings for maximum coverage of worldwide
weather conditions;
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS 135
Operations Support
Australia
Bermuda (U.K.)
Negotiations were underway with the United Kingdom to modify
the existing tracking station agreement in order to support NASA's
future manned and unmanned satellite programs.
The agency also arranged with the Government of Bermuda to
launch various types of sounding rockets from the island in conjunc-
tion with the Reentry Flight Demonstration (RFD-1) of a dummy
SNAP experiment and two Scout vehicle reentry tests.
Italy
Clearance was obtained from the Italian Government for a site
survey team to explore locations in Italy as possible sites for a Deep
Space Instrumentation Facility station to support lunar, planetary,
and manned space flight programs.
Mexico
An exchange of diplomatic notes with the Mexican Government
provided for the continued operation of the Guaymas tracking station
until January 31_ 1965.
Nigeria
Through arrangements worked out with the Nigerian Government,
the U.S.N.S. Kingsport was _tationed in Lagos harbor from January
20 through March 14, in connection with the first Syncom satellite.
The ll,000-ton communications ship is expected to operate in and
from Lagos again, starting in July, to track Syncom II and conduct
communications experiments between the United States and Nigeria
via the satellite.
Spain
Curriculum Materials
Teacher Education
Youth Activities
Spacemobi[es
Educational Publications
1 Single copies of any NASA publication described in this section are av_iilable upon
request from the Office of Educational Programs and Services, Educational Publications
Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Washington, D.C., 20546. Re-
quests for larger quantifies will be honored within the limits of applicable Government
regulations.
142 NASA NINTH SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
Historical Program
In June the House Committee on Science and Astronautics pub-
lished Astronautical and Aeronautical Ever_ts of 1962 4 based on a
chronology of the science and technology of space exploration drafted
monthly by NASA's historical staff.
The Agency prepared a number of special historical reports. These
included a Chronology on Comxn/unications Satellites and a summary
of Major NASA Launch_ngs, 1958-62.
Among the historical publications under preparation during the
report period were:
--"Astronautics and Aeronautics"--1963 : Chronology of Science
and Technology in the Exploration of Space.
--"Early Years of Goddard Space Flight Center"--a monograph.
--"Chronology History of Project Mercury"--monograph lead-
ing toward a three-volume history of the project.
--"Historical Origins of Launch Operations Center"--a mono-
graph.
---"An Administrative History of NASA, 1958-62."
Motion Pictures
4 For sale by the Superintendent of Documeats, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wash-
ington, D.C., 20402, price $1 paperbound.
144 NASA NINTH SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
5 These films are available to the public without chargo other than return mailing and
insurance costs. Requests should be addressed to the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, Office of Educational Programs and Services, Educational Audio-Visual
Branch, Washington, D.C., 20546.
INFORMATIONAL AND SPONSORED RESEARCH PROGRAMS 145
During the first half of 1963, television and radio were used exten-
sively for NASA instructional and informatioual programs on space
science. More than 100 television stations were supplied audiovisual
production aids in the form of documentary programs, film clips, still
photographs, sound effects, scripts, publications, and background data.
Five half-hour documentary television programs entitled "Space
Science Sixty-three" (fig. 8-1) were produced by the Agency. Filmed
in Washington and on location, these programs illustrated principles
of space science, launching procedures and anticipated benefits of
lunar exploration, scientific and applications satellites, the final Project
Mercury mission, early rocket development, and the testing and
evaluation of satellites. Each program was distributed to the 72 edu-
cational television stations in the United States for telecast to high
school and adult audiences, and was made available to commercial
television stations, educational institutions, and public service groups.
The series will be continued under the title "Space Science Sixty-
four."
Also produced under NASA supervision were:
Ex hibits
From January through June the Agency’s exhibits, coupled with
NASA exhibits sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency, presented
to people all over the world evidence of accomplishments in the space
sciences in a free and open society.
The exhibit on the civilian space program of the United States
at the Pans Air Salon, June 6-16, was the largest and most com-
prehensive shown overseas by NASA to date. Opened by President
De Gaulle on June 7, the exhibit was visited by nearly half a million
148 NASA NINTH SEMIANN'UAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
people. Covering 7,800 square feet and planned and built in record
time, it featured Astronaut Walter Schirra's Sigma 7 spacecraft from
his orbital flight of October 3, 1962, and constituted a new design
concept for NASA exhibits.
After conclusion of the Paris Air Salon, the Schirra spacecraft
and selected exhibits were moved to Supreme Headquarters Allied
Powers, Europe (SHAPE), in Paris, to be shown until June 20, dur-
ing the annual "Shapex" conference of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. Upon completion of the NATO showing, the craft
and accompanying explanatory panels were loaned to the Museum de
la Decouverte before being shipped to Toulouse as a feature exhibit
of the air salon there. They are scheduled to be shown at the Inter-
national Boy Scout Jamboree in Marathon, Greece, in August.
A major NASA exhibit, shown for the first time in Lausanne,
Switzerland, in September 1962, was later displayed in Paris and
Stockholm, and was in the Urania House, West Berlin, at the end
of the report period. An estimated 400,000 persons have already seen
this 4,000-square-foot exhibit showing U.S. progress in space.
USIA-Sponsored NASA Ezhlbits A broad.--N AS A, during the first
6 months of 1963, maintained close liaison with the Department of
State and the U.S. Information Agency in planning and scheduling
NASA exhibits overseas.
Among NASA exhibits on loan to USIA were six full-scale Project
Mercury spac_raft, six 1/3-scale Mercury exhibits, eight full-scale
TIROS meteorological spacecraft models, and various small-scale
mod_ls of artificial satellites. USIA-sponsored space exhibits in Bel-
gium, Japan, and Yugoslavia drew almost 2 million visitors.
NASA E_hibts in the United Sta.tes.--Requests for NASA exhibits
to be shown within the continental United States increased to an
average of more than 75 a month. Approximately 200 exhibits, rang-
ing in size from 2,000 to 19,000 square feet, were shown in this country
during the 6-month period, an average of one major NASA exhibit
in a different American city every 22 hours. About 50 other smaller
exhibits also were booked.
The largest domestic exhibit project to date was at the Chicago
Space Month, April 6-May 10--a total of 18,000 square feet of ex-
hibits in seven locations. The Chicago Museum of Science and Indus-
try and the Adler Planetarium retained their portion of the Space
Month exhibits through the summer.
On February 20, NASA furnished exhibits for four different loca-
tions in the United States to commemorate the first, anniversary of
Astronaut John Glenn's flight. The Smithsonian Institution on that
day accepted the Glenn spacecraft for permanent display at, the
National Air Museum in Washington, D.C. In addition, the Agency
INFORMATIONAL AND SPONSORED RESEARCH PROGRAMS 149
Abstract-Index Journals
The Agency's abstract journal Technical Publication._ Announce-
ments ( TPA ) was renamed Scientifw and Technical Aerospace Re- "
ports (STAR) on January 1. Issued on the 8_h and 23d of each
month, the semimonthly journal contains the abstracts and four in-
dividual indexes, which are cumulated quarterly_ semiannually, and
annually. Almost 10_000 copies are distributed twice monthly. 6
Four hundred technical notes and technical reports were issued dur-
ing this period as compared to 300 for the last half of 1962. Twenty-
one Special Publications * were also released. These included the
Third United States Manned Orbital Flight; Second NASA-Indus-
try Program Plan_ Conference; The Observatory Genera_ian of
Satellites; U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 196_ (in cooperation with the
Air Force and the Weather Bureau); and Selected Welding
Techniques.
State-of-the-art summaries in specific fields of space science were
published as monographs, s Titles included "Geophysics and Astron-
omy in Space Exploration," "Lunar and Planetary Sciences in Space
Exploration," "Celestial Mechanics and Space Flight Analysis,"
"Data Acquisition from Spacecraft," "Control, Guidance, and Navi-
gation of Spacecraft," "Chemical Rocket Propulsion," "Nuclear
Rocket Propulsion," "Power for Spacecraft," "Electric Propulsion for
Spacecraft," "Aerodynamics of Space Vehicles," "Gas Dynamics in
Space Exploration," "Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics in
Space Exploration," "Laboratory Techniques in Space Environment
Research," "Materials for Space Operations," and "Structures for
Space Operations."
Computer Tapes
University Programs
Universities and colleges are the sources of the scientific, techno-
logical, and administrative manpower and of many of the creative
ideas, skills, and techniques essential for the success of the national
space effort. Their participation in the space program and in other
federally sponsored programs of national scope has made these insti-
tutions invaluable communication links between Government and
industrial communities. The extent of their contributions is illus-
trated by the active university grants and research contracts (shown
in appendix K).
SponsoredResearchProgram
NASA supports diverse research activities ranging from very spe-
cific projects having immediate program requirements to broad
multidisciplinary undertakings, and from basic and theoretical investi-
gations to technological applications such as instrumentation for
satellite experiments.
Under the Sponsored Research Program, NASA supports research
by nonprofit educational institutions, scientific institutions, industrial
organizations, and other Government agencies. It does not, however,
formally solicit research proposals. Research aims in this program
are basic in character: to expand existing fundamental knowledge and
to broaden the basic structure of research capabilities for the long-
range requirements of the national space program.
The Office of Grants and Research Contracts (OGRC) receives and
insures the proper handling of all unsolicited proposals. Grants and
INFORMATIONAL AND SPONSORED RESEARCH PROGRAIVIS 155
During the period of this report, the Office of Grants and Research
Contracts received 1,547 unsolicited research proposals totaling
approximately $240 million. From t,hese and others previously sub-
mitted, 576 proposals were considered worthy of NASA support, and
negotiations leading to a grant or contract were started.
The Office of Grants and Research Contracts negotiated 433 pro-
posals, distributed as follows :
433 49. 2
Personnel
Employee Development
To improve the skills of its people and to prepare them for in-
creasingly complex assignments, NASA conducted training progTaans
and seminars geared to meet the agency's specific requirement& More
than 400 employees were in apprentice programs throughout NASA.
In February, 76 people were graduated from such programs con-
ducted at the Langley and Lewis Research Centers. Some 300 NASA
officials completed the executive seminar for program and project
managers; the program was continued, with the training materials
being continuously updated. Other continuing programs included
the advanced graduate study program, the cooperative education
program, the NASA PERT course, and the management intern
program.
PersonnelProgram Evaluation
N_SA instituted a program to evaluate its personnel management
practices and procedures in relation to the agency's own polices as
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Appointments
Reassignments
Contributions Awards
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Financial Management
During the 6-month period ending June 30, 1963, the Financial
Management Division issued several important instructions to field
installations which will strengthen the management of resources.
These instructions included guidelines and criteria for recording com-
mitments, obligations, and costs; the policy for establishing equituble
and uniform charges for NASA property and services furnished to
others; and financial control of inventory, fixed assets, and facilities in
the hands of NASA contractors.
The following tables show the financial operations of the Agency
during fiscal year 1963, and the planned program level for fiscal year
1964. Table 1 shows the funds obligated and disbursed during fiscal
year 1963 by program area. The appropriation summary shows the
availability of funds during the year (carryover from prior years plus
the new funds appropriated by the Congress), total obligations in-
curred against this availability, and the unobligated balance as of
June 30, 1963.
Table 2 shows the planned level of effort in the research, develop-
ment, and operation appropriation by program area and the amount
of funds budgeted for the consti,action of facilities.
Procurement hAanagement
[In thousand,s]
Appropriations
Disburse-
Research, development, and operation : Obligations ments
Manned spacecraft systems ......................... $718, 419 $565, 523
Launch vehicle and propulsion systems .............. 741,297 605, 356
Aerospace medicine ................................. 10, 347 4, 629
Integration and checkout ............................ 23, 602 17, 577
Systems engineering ................................ 18, 197 8, 779
Meteorological satellites .............................. 55, 473 41,066
Communication satellites ........................... 37, 444 41, 255
Advanced application satellites ...................... 294 14
Industrial applications ............................. 1, 989 308
Geophysics and astronomy ...................... .____ 152, 495 120, 905
Lunar and planetary exploration .................... 222, 877 183, 852
Bioscience ......................................... 10, 106 6, 521
Launch vehicle development ......................... 102, 995 97, 571
Facility, training and research grants ................ 24, 685 9, 073
Space vehicle systems .............................. 45, 798 29, 445
Electronic systems .................................. 18, 005 9, 414
Human factor systems .............................. 8, 816 4, 216
Nuclear electric systems ............................ 40, 210 25, 659
Nuclear rockets .................................... 68, 721 45, 828
Chemical propulsion ................................ 14, 817 8, 718
Space power ....................................... 10, 335 8, 389
Aeronautics ....................................... 18, 151 6, 329
Tracking and data acquisition ...................... 107, 351 75, 510
Personnel costs ..................................... 246, 575 231, 942
Operations of installations .......................... 179, 584 159, 630
Reimbursable ...................................... 64, 733 49, 946
Total, research, development, and opera¢ion ........ 2, 943, 316 2, 357, 455
Construction of facilities ................................ 573, 512 225, 615
[In thousan4s]
Appropriation
The principal placements with industry through the Air Force were :
Bendix Corp.
Ling-Temco-Vought, Inc.
*Teterboro, N.Y. *Dallas, Tex.
Boeing Co.
Lockheed Aircraft Corp.
*Seattle, Wash.
*Sunnyvale, Calif.
Brown Engineering Co.
Huntsville, Ala. Mason-Rust
Lexington, Ky.
Chrysler Corp.
*Detroit, Mich. McDonnell Aircraft Corp.
I ncentive Contracts
Relocation Expense
Equipment Support
Facilities Contracting
sions for the Favilities Use Contract; and form 748 sets forth general
provisions for the Consolidated Facilities Contract (a combination of
746 and 747).
Both General Electric Co. and Bellcomm, Inc., have contracts with
NASA that require these contractors to have access to certain data and
plans not available to other contractors. To keep GE and Bell Sys-
tem companies (by their corporate relationship to Bellcomm) from
enjoying a competitive advantage, NASA placed certain limitations
on them during the lifetime of these contracts. The restrictions allow
them to continue to compete for many NASA procurements. How-
ever, where the limitations apply, these companies can participate
only when specific exceptions are g,ranted to them.
Transportation Studies
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Appendix B
DEAN RUSK
Secretary of State
ROBERT S. MCNAMARA
Secretary of Defen_e
Executive Secretary
EDWARD C. WELSH
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Appendix C
CurrentOfficial Mailing Addresses for NASA Field Installations
Ames Research Center; YO 8-9411 ....... Dr. Smith J'. DeFrance, Director_ Moffett Field, Calif.
Flight Research Center; 258-3311 ........ Mr. Paul Bikle, Director .......... Post Office Box 273, Ed*
wards, Calif.
Goddard Space Flight Center; 474-9000__ Dr. H. J. Goett, Director ......... Greenbelt, Md.
Goddard Institute for Space Studies; Dr. Robert Jastrow, Director ..... 475 Riverside Dr., New
UN 6-3600. York 27, N.Y.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory; SY 0-6811___ Dr. W. H. Pickering, Director .... 4800 Oak Grove Dr., Pasa-
dena 3, Calif.
$ohn F. Kennedy Space Center; UL 3- Dr. Kurt Debus, Director ......... Cocoa Beach, Fla.
6998.
Lewis Research Center; 433--4000 ......... Dr. Abe Silverstein, Director ...... 21000 Brookpark Rd.,
Cleveland 35, Ohio.
Manned Spacecraft Center; WA 8-2811__ Dr. R. R. Gilruth, Director ....... Houston 1, Tex.
George C. Marshall Space Flight Cen- Dr. Wernher yon Braun, Director_ Huntsville, Ala.
ter; 877-1000.
Michoud Operations; 521-3311 ........... Mr. George Constan, Manager .... Post Office Box 26078, New
Orleans 26, La.
Mississippi Test Operations; 467-5466 .... Mr. William C. Fortune, Mana- Bay St. Louis, Miss.
ger.
North Eastern Office; 491-1500 ........... Mr. F. W. Phillips, Director ...... 30 Memorial Dr., Cam-
bridge 42, Mass.
Pacific Launch Operations Office; RE Mr. William H. Evans, Director._ Post Office. Box 425, Lom-
4-4311. poc, Calif.
Plum Brook Station; MA 5-1123 ........ Mr. Alan D. Johnson, Director_._ Sandusky, Ohio.
Wallops Station; VA 4-3411 .............. Mr. Robert Krieger, Director ..... WallOps Island, Va.
Western Operations Office; EX 3-9641 _.. Mr. R. W. Kamm, Director ...... 150 Pico Blvd., Santa
Monica, Calif.
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Appendix E
Book of space science activities for Gorham State Teachers College (Gorham,
teachers and pupils in grades 3 Maine).
through 9.
Syllabus in space science for elemen- Hebron Academy (Hebron, Maine).
tary teachers ; 2 syllabi for teaching
space age mathematics and related
subjects to junior high school teach-
ers and pupils.
Book of space science activities in Inter American University (San German,
Spanish for elementary grades. P.R.).
Aerospace handbook for middle and Lincoln Public Schools (Lincoln, Nebr.).
upper elementary school teachers on
language arts, social studies, science
and arithmetic, and manual arts.
"How to do" series in aerospace ac- Long Beach State College (Long Beach,
tivities for teachers and pupils. Calif.).
Detailed worksheets and working
drawings for industrial arts teach-
ers to use in instructing secondary
school pupils in spacecraft model
building, and descriptions of this
model building for teachers of other
subjects on the elementary and sec-
ondary levels.
Syllabi, with space age subject mat- Maine State Department of Education
ter, for introductory science course (Augusta, Maine).
for inservice elementary school
teachers at Aroostook, Farmington,
Fort Kent, Gorham, and Washing-
ton, Maine State Teachers Colleges
(being conducted in cooperation
with the U.S. Office of Education).
Two series of books on space science- National Science Teachers Association
related subjects---set of 5 in the Vis- (Washington, D.C.)
tas of Science series 1 for teachers
and pupils of secondary schools; an-
1 Books published in the series for secondary schools are Spaceera]t by James J. Hag-
gerty, Jr., and The Challenge o] the Universe, by J. Allen Hynek and Norman Anderson.
Under preparation are: Space Biology, Samuel Moffatt and Joshua Lederberg; Space
Science Serves Man, Hugh Odlshaw and Charles Nelvey; and The Thrust Into Space--
Launch Vehicles, Everett Welmar. (Copies may be ordered from Scholastic Book Services,
33 West 42d St., New York, N.Y., 10036.)
Being written for elementary school teachers are : Problems o] Space Exploration, Arthur
L. Costa; Energy in Waves, Louis T. Cox; Motion o] Matter, Lois E. Dunn; Air, Earth,
and Water, Laurence Hubbell; What Is the World Made 0]? Seymour Trieger; and
Living Things, J. R. Wailes.
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othersetof6 forelementary school
teachers.
Resourcebookandslideswithcom-Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio).
mentary oncareerinformation for
school
counselors attheelementary,
junior,andsenior high school levels_
Three books for educational and vo-
cational guidance of students inter-
ested in careers in the space
sciences---one for each of the ele-
mentary, junior, and senior high
school levels.
Syllabus for space science elective Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
course for above average junior
high school pupils.
Syllabus for 10-week adult education Rhode Island State Department of Edu-
course serving as an introduction cation (Providence, R.I.).
to the space age.
Book (in English and Spanish) on University of South Florida (Tampa,
space science for secondary school Fla.).
teachers based on proceedings of a
2-week conference of leading North
and Latin American educators.
Syllabus incorporating space science Washington State University (Pullman,
mathematics for teaching mathe- Wash.).
matics to inservice elementary
school teachers (being conducted in
cooperation with the U.S. Office of
Education ).
Junior high school life science unit Wayne State University (Detroit, Mich.).
with space-related materials and
video-tape film to instruct teachers
in its use.
Appendix F
Technical Publications
The following selected Special Publications, issued by NASA's Division of
Scientific and Technical Information, are sold by the Superintendent of Docu-
ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402, at the prices
listed.
Project Mercury Summary Including Results of the Fourth Manned Orbital
Flight, May 15 and 16, 1963 (NASA SP-_5) .--A review of the planning, prepara-
tion, experiences, and results of the first U.S. manned space flight program, with
particular attention to the results of the final, 34-hour mission of L. Gordon
Cooper. 444 pp., $2.75.
Project Mercury--a Chronology (NASA SP-$OO1).--A listing of major events
in the first U.S. manned space flight program from preliminary discussions of
earth satellite vehicles through Astronaut Cooper's 22-orbit flight, May 1963.
238 pp., $1.50.
Third United States Manned Orbital Space Flight (NASA SP-l$).--Results
of the MA-8 flight by Astronaut Waiter Schirra, October 1962, including
spacecraft and launch-vehicle performance, mission operations, aeromedical
analysis, pilot performance, and pilot's flight report. 120 pp., 70 cents.
Second United States Manned Orbital Space Flight (NASA SP-6).--Results
of the MA-7 flight by Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter, May 1962, including
spacecraft and launch vehicle performance, Mercury network performance,
mission operations, space science report, aeromedical studies, pilot performance,
and pilot's flight report. 107 pp., 65 cents.
Results of the Project Mercury Ballistic and Orbital Chimpanzee Flights
(NASA SP-39).--An account of the suborbital and orbital flights conducted
in 1961 with chimpanzees as subjects in preparation for the first U.S. manned
space flights. 71 pp., 45 cents.
Space, Science and Urban Life (NASA SP--37).--Proceedings of a conference,
March 1963, on the applicability of the national space program, and the knowl-
edge resulting from aerospace research, to the problems of urban growth. 254
pp., $1.75.
The Observatory Generation of Satellites (NASA SP-30).--Discussion of
the missions and engineering designs of the Orbiting Geol_hysical Observatories,
the Advanced Orbiting Solar Observatory, and the Orbiting Astrom)mical
Observatory. 62 pp., 50 cents.
Ariel I: The First International Satellite (NASA SP-$3).--Project summary
of the satellite launched April 26, 1962, in a cooperative effort by the United
Kingdom and the United States. 76 pp., 70 cents.
U.S. Standard Atmosphere, 1965.--Updated tables of atmospheric parameters
to 700 kilometers, incorporating results _)f rocket and satellite research through
mid-1962. 278 pp., in hard covers, $3.50.
Short Glossary of Space Terms (NASA SP-1)--Brief definitions of technical
terms frequently used by space technologists. 57 pp., 25 cents.
Selected Welding Techniques (NASA SP-50O3 ) .--Descriptions and illustrations
of tools and methods developed by NASA, and of potential value to industry,
for welding aluminum sheet and plate. 25 pp., 30 cents.
NASA-Industry Program Plans Conference, 1963 (NASA SP-$9).--Statements
describing NASA's organization, present plans, and possible future projects
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Appendix H
Awards to NASA Employees Under Provisions of Section 306 of the Space Act
of 1958
Flexible wing (kite) ............... Francis Rogallo and Mrs. F. NASA-Langley Research Cen-
Rogallo. ter, none.
Variable sweep-wing configuration_ Win. J. Alford, Jr., Edw. C. Pol- NASA-Langley Research Cen-
hamus, Thos. A. Toll. ter.
Hall-current plasma accelerator .... Robert V. Hess ................... Do.
Multiple Quick disconnector ....... Curt P. Hcrold ................... Formerly at NASA-Marshall
Space Flight Center.
Space communication system ...... Walter K. Victor, Eberhardt Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Rechtln.
Decomposition unit ............... Andrew J. Kublca, Noah S. Davis Food Machinery & Chemical
Corp.
Awards to NASA Employees Under Provisions of the Incentive Awards Act of 1954
Universal pilot restraint suit and body support ............................. Hubert C. Vykukal.
Self-contained multlchannel radio frequency oscillator ...................... Gilbert G. Robinson.
Ralph L. Mosslno.
Elcctroforming process ..................................................... John P. Houston.
Robert M. HaefelL
Analog-to-digital conversion system ........................................ Louis Mazer.
Thermoprotectivc device for balances ...................................... Vernon L. Rogallo.
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Awards to NASA Employees Under Provisions of the Incentive Awards Act of 195_
Invention Inventor(s)
Awards to NASA Employees Under Provisions of the Incentive Awards Act of 195_
NASA-LEWIS RESEARCH CENTER
Invention Inventor(s)
Nuclear rocket motor having gaseous vortex reactor ........................ Frank E. Rom.
Electrothermal rocket ...................................................... John R. Jack.
Wolfgaug E. Moeckel.
Gaseous nuclear rocket engine .............................................. Frank E. Rom.
Variable thrust rocket engine .............................................. Earl W. Conrad.
Stagnation point heat flux meter ........................................... Lloyd N. Krause.
George E. Glawe.
Robert C. Johnson.
Method and apparatus for transferring cryogenic fluids ..................... Paul J. $1rocky.
Nuclear rocket reactor employing natural HfC fuel elements ............... Frank E. Rom.
Radiant heater having formed filaments .................................... Alex Vary.
Two-component valve assembly ............................................ Richard L. Dewltt.
Harold W. Schmidt.
Method of producing porous tungstein ionizers for ion rocket engines ....... Neal T. Saunders.
Bonded solid lubricant coating ............................................. Harold E. Slincy.
Nickel base alloy ........................................................... John C. Freche.
Nickel base alloy ........................................................... John C. Freche.
Thomas J. Riley.
William J. Waters.
Nickel base alloy ........................................................... Inhn C. Freche.
Conical valve plug ......................................................... Harold W. Schmidt.
Rocket engine test facility .................................................. Anthony Fortini
Vearl N. Huff.
Specimen holder ........................... North American Phillips Co., Inc_ _ Granted Feb. 15, 1963.
Voltage-controlled variable frequency oscil- Ampex Corp ........................ Granted Feb. 20, 1963.
lator.
Method for turning off silicon controlled Duke University .................... Do.
rectifiers.
Transistorized d.c. to a.c. converter ........ ..... do ............................... Granted Feb. 21, 1963.
D.c. to a.c. parallel inverter ................ ..... do ............................... Do.
Segmented ball valve and flowmeter ....... • North American Aviation, Inc ...... Do.
Electromagnetic radiation energy _wrange- Space Technology Labs., Inc ........ Do.
ment.
Inventions resulting from P.O. for data International Business Machines Denied Feb. 27, 1963.
storage and processing system. Corp.
Modular circuit package ....................... do ............................... Granted March 6, 1963.
A plestie foam reinforcement structure ...... Douglas Aireraft Co., Inc ............ Grunted March 14,1963
An improved hot filament ionization gage.. Geophysics Corp. of America ........ Do.
An ultra-high vacuum cold cathode ioni- _.... do ............................... Do.
gation gage.
Improved simplified full serial memory .... Radiation Instrument Development Do.
Lab., Inc.
Accelerometer ............................. Gulton Industries, Inc .............. Do.
Temperature control paint, white, and Ball BrothersResearch Corp ......... Granted April 12, 1963.
temperatui'e control paint, aluminum.
IH-speed binary-to-declmal converter ...... Radiation Instrument Development Do.
Laboratory, Inc.
Electrodelees discharge lamp apparatus .... Vsrian Associates ................... Do.
Multiphase ciectric system ................ Space Technology Laboratories, Inc_ Granted May 28, 1963.
Electronic chassis .......................... Ampex Corp ........................ Do.
Tape transport ................................. do ............................... Do.
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Appendix J
Inventions under USAF contract taken United Aircraft Corp ............... Granted Aug. 18, 1959.
over by NASA.
Catalyst bed .............................. Bell Aircraft Corp .................. Granted Apr. 14, 1960.
Explosive-proof fused switch ............... McDonnell Aircraft Corp ........... Granted May 5, 1960.
Water separator ........................... Garrett Corp ........................ Granted Nov. 30, 1960.
Prcssure-aetuated bali seal ................. North American Aviation, Ine ...... Granted Feb. 15, 1961.
Cryogenic gyroscope ....................... General Electric Co ................. Granted May 24, 1961.
Propellent tank pressurization system ..... North American Aviation, Inc ...... Denied Sept. 19, 1961.
Self-pumping spike thrust ...................... do .............................. Do.
Accelcrometer ............................ California Institute of Technology.. Granted May 25, 1961.
Ionization-type pressure gage .............. Geophysics Corp. of America ....... Granted June 22,1961.
Molecular gage ................................. do .............................. Do.
Modifed McLeod gage ......................... do .............................. Do.
A cold cathode magnetron-type ionization ..... do .............................. Do.
gage.
Very high intensity area light source ....... Litton Industries Electron Tube Granted Aug. 23, 1961.
Division.
Supercharged regenerative rocket .......... United Aircraft Corp ............... Denied July 26, 1961.
Communication satellites ................. American Telephone & Telegraph Granted July 27, 1961.
Co.
Magnetic core counter ..................... Ampex Computer Products Co ...... Granted Sept. 1, 1961.
Bakable electrical feed through connector__ Geophysics Corp. of America ....... Do.
Portable planetarium ...................... California Institute of Technology.._ Do.
Standoff tool .............................. Space Technology Iaboratories, Inc. Granted Nov. 17, 1961.
Delta encoder ....... _..................... Ball Brothers Research Corp ........ Do.
Horizon sensor ............................ Barnes Engineering Co .............. Denied Mar. 17, 1962.
Bypass valve .............................. United Aircraft Corp ................ Granted July 27, 1962.
Message assembler-router .................. International Business Machines Do.
Corp.
Skipping counter ............................... do ............................... Granted Suly 30, 1962.
Fusion welding of thin-titanium sheets .... McDonnell Aircraft Corp ........... Granted July 27, 1962.
Wedge-immersed thermistor detector ...... Barnes Engineering Co .............. Granted Oct. 22, 1962.
Electron discharge device .................. Westinghouse Electric Corp ......... Do.
Electrodeless discharge lamp apparatus .... Varian Associates ................... Granted Dee. 3, 1962.
Hinged bellows restraint ................... North American Aviation, Inc ..... Do.
Specimen holder ........................... North American Phillips Co., Inc_- Granted Feb. 15, 1963.
Voltage-controlled variable frequency Ampex Corp ........................ Granted Feb. 20, 1963.
oscillator.
Method for turning oft silicon-controlled Duke University .................... Do.
rectifiers.
Transistorized d.c. to a.c. converter ........ ..... do ............................... Granted Feb. 21, 1963.
D.c. to a.c. parallel inverter ................ ..... do ............................... Do.
Inventions resulting from P.O. for data International Business Machines Denied Feb. 27, 1963.
A plastic foam reinforcement structure ..... Douglas Aircraft Co., Ine ........... Granted Mar. 14, 1963.
An improved hot filament ionization gage_. Geophysics Corp. of America ....... Do.
tion gage.
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192 NASA NINTH SEMIANNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS
Improved simplified full-serial memory .... Radiation Instrument Develop- Granted Mar. 14, 1963.
ment Lab., Inc.
Accelerometer ............................. Gulton Industries, Inc .............. Do.
Temperature control paint, white, and Bali Brothers Research Corp ........ Granted Apr. 12, 1963.
temperature control paint, aluminum.
Hi-speed binary-to-decimal converter ...... Radiation Instrument Develop- Do.
ment Laboratory, Inc.
Electrodeless discharge lamp apparatus .... Varian Associates ................... Do.
Electronic chassis .......................... Ampex Corp ........................ Granted May 28, 1963.
Tape transport ................................. do ............................... Do.
Multiphase electric system ................ Space Technology Laboratories, Inc_ Do.
Appendix K
Alabama:
NsG-381 ......... University of Alabama, RUDOI2 HERMAN .............................. $600,000
Research in the aerospace physical sciences.
NsG (T)-18 ...... Auburn University, W. V. PARKER ..................................... 147, 600
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space related science and technology.
NsG(T)-30 ...... University of Alabama, ERIC RODGERS ................................. 192, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space related science and technology.
NASr-151 ....... Southern Research Institute,S. N. (]LARUM ............................ 39, 000
Evaluation and bringing to industrial or commercial fruition,tech-
nological developments resulting from the Nation's space effort.
Alaska:
NsO-201 ........ University of Alaska, CHAPMAN ......................................... 68,780
Conduct a theoretical study of the ring current and geomagnetic fald
phenomena.
NsG-406 ......... University of Alaska .................................................... 59, 921
Experimental studies or auroral phenomena, including eletromag-
netic and particulate fluxes, by means of bslloon- and rocket-borne ex-
periments.
NsG--459 ........ University of Alaska, P. MORRISON .................................... 50,000
An experimental investigation of the adaptive potential of species or
populations of mammals for withstanding environmental stresses.
Arizona:
NsG-161 ......... University of Arizona, GERALD P. KUIPER ............................. 402, 000
Conduct selenodetic and physical studies of the lunar surface.
NsG-399 ........ Arizona State University, C. B. MOORE ................................ 28, 978
Investigate, develop, evaluate, and improve procedures for sam-
piing, characterizing, and classifying meteorite specimens.
NAG--451 ........ Lowell Observatory, _. S. HAIL ........................................ 174, 000
Studies in planetology, including collection and interpretation of
planetary information.
NSO--458 ........ University of Arizona, S. A. HOENIO .................................... 41,138
Continuation of development of chemiaerption detectors for specific
components of planetary atmospheres.
NsG--(T)-32 ..... Arizona State University, IRVING S_OIrr ................................ 79, 200
Supporting the training of approximately 6 predoctoral students in
space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-33 ..... University of Arizona, H. D. RHODES ................................... 177, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-138 ....... University of Arizona, A. M. :I. GEH_RLS ............................... 65, 286
Conduct research to develop and test a protype photepolarlmeter
suitable for use with ballons and space vehicles.
NASr-180 ....... Arizona State University, PETER S_ ................................ 2, 617
Study of existing survey literature in the fields of astrophysical
engineering and biomedical iustrmnention.
R-95 ............ U.S.A.F.-Office of Aerospace Research, GRZ.NINO KORNE .............. 10, 000
Theoretical and experimental studies of hybrid analog-digital com-
puter systems, at the University of Arizona.
1 Contracts have prefix NAS ; grants have prefix NsG ; transfer of funds to Government
agencies have prefix R. Earlier grants and contracts are listed in appendices oz previous
N_SA Semiannual Reports to Congress.
Arkansas:
NAG-260 ........ University of Arkansas, M. R'. TESTERMAN ............................. $42, 796
Techniques of radio frequency mass spectrometry.
NaG(T)-12 ...... University of Arkansas, W. W. ADEIesON ............................... 144,000
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
California:
NAG-18 ......... California Institute of Technology, E. E. SECHLER ...................... 93, 943
Investigation of cylindrical and conical shellswith large radius to
thickness ratios.
NAG-30 ......... Stanford University, O.K. GARRIOTT .................................... 94,186
Investigation of ionospheric electron content and long-range radio
propagation.
NAG-40 ......... California Institute of Technology, H. P. LIEPMANN .................... 146,900
Investigation of fluid mechanics of ratifiedgases by extending shock
techniques into the low pressure regime.
NAG-56 ......... California Institute of Technology, H. BROWN .......................... 173, 700
Investigation of the problems of lunar and planetary exploration.
NAG--91 ......... University of California (Santa Barbara), W. C. WALKER ............... 52, 731
Extreme ultraviolet photon absorption in solids.
NAG-170 ........ University of California (Berkeley), NELLO PACE ....................... 19, 825
Conduct experimental research on hemodynamic and related physio-
logic functions in primates.
NAG-172 ........ California Institute of Technology, M. L. WILLIAMS .................... 62, 825
Conduct experimental and theoretical research on failure criteria
forviscoelasticmaterials typical of solid rocket propellants.
NAG-174 ........ Stanford University, R. A. HELLIWELL .................................. 93, 390
Conduct investigation of experimental techniques for measurement
ofvery low frequency electromagnetic phenomena in the ionosphere.
NAG-178 ........ University of Southern California, G. L. WEISSLER ..................... 170, 000
Interactions of vacuum ultraviolet radiation with solid materials.
NAG-237 ........ University of California (Los Angeles), W. F. LIBSY .................... 400,000
Interdisciplinary space-oriented research in the physical, biological,
and engineering sciences.
NAG-249 ......... University of California (Los Angeles), THOMAS A. FARLEY ............ 199, 880
Measurement techniques for the directional spectral intensity of low
energy protons, including the construction of a prototype instrument.
NAG-255 ......... University of California (Berkeley), C. SAOAN ........................ 75, 000
Infrared spectroscopic observations of Mars and/or Venus--a joint
University of California and Princeton effort.
NAG-28,5 ......... City of Hope Medical Center, MILTON WIN_rZ ......................... 323, 642
An experimental investigation of the dietary requirements of man,
particularly astronautics, with emphasis on water-soluble chemically-
defined diets.
NAG-321 ......... University of California (San Diego), J. R. ARNOLD ..................... 102, 331
Research on meteorites and cosmic rays.
NAG-331 ......... Stanford University, A. L. SCHAWLOW ................................. 419,135
Spectroscopic studies In infrared and optical quantum electronics.
NAG-343 ......... University of Southern California, R. SI_BA ............................ 35,996
Glass transition phenomena.
NAG-347 ......... California Institute of Technology, ISAAC R. ]_APLAN ................... 7,145
An Investigation of the Biochemistry of meteorites, with emphasis
on the hydrocarbon and sulfur constituents.
NAG-348 ......... University of California (Berkeley), PENZIEN & HORONZEFF ............ 20,700
Effect of runway unevenness on the dynamic response of supersonic
transports.
NAG-354 ......... University of California (Berkeley), ZAD_K, DESOER & THOMASIAN ..... 57,942
Advanced Theoretical and Experimental Studies in Automatic
Control and Information Systems.
NAG-357 ......... University of California (San Diego), O. BURRRIDGE ................... 16,584
Theoretical research in astrophysics.
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California--Con.
NsG-377 ......... Stanford University, V. R. ESHI_MAN ................................. $246,620
Theoretical experimental radio and radar studies of lunar end plane-
tary ionespheres, atmesphere_, and surfaces, the sun, and the inter-
planetary medium.
NsG-378 ......... Stanford University, W. M. FXIRnANK ................................. 35, O00
Gravitational and resonance experiments on very low-energy free
electrons and pc_trons.
NsO-380_ ........ American Mount Everest Expedition 1963, W. E. SIRI .................. 11,327
Studies of erythroporiesis and adrenoeortical function in man at
high altitudes.
NsG-387 ......... University of California (Berkeley), ]T.INSEY ANDERSON ................ 130, 0C0
Theoretical and experimental investigations of hlgh-energy solar
flare radiation and of trapped radiation, including balloon-born and/or
sounding rocket tests of prototype detectors.
NsG_402 ......... University of California (Davis), W. L. CHAI_ .......................... 48, 744
A clinical evaluation of chemically defined diets suitable for space
flight missions.
NsG-423 ......... University of California (Los Angeles) .................................. 102,000
Theoretical and experimental studies of optimum structural design
for space structures.
NsG-426 ......... California Institute of Technology, ROBERT LEIGHTON .................. 880, COO
Space-related research in selected fields of physics and astronomy,
including cosmic rays, interplanetary magnetic fields, solar
physics, theoretical astrophysics, planetary spectroscopy, and
infrared astronomy.
NsG-427 ......... University of California (Los Angeles), F. R. SHxI_Y and W. J. 6O,0OO
]_NAPP.
Analytical and experimental investigation of ceramic materials for
use as s_'uctural elements.
NsG-429 ......... University of California (Berkeley), G. I. F. MAcDoNALD .............. 25, 660
Conduct a summer institute in planetary physics.
NsG-433 ......... University of Southern California, J. P. H]_NRY end J. P. MEEHAN ...... 104, 074
An experimental investigation of the role of experiences in the
etiology of animal and human physiological and behavioral
responses to situational stress in later life.
NsG-452 ......... University of California (Berkeley), H. MARK .......................... 36,140
Theoretical and experimental evaluation of inelastic neutron scatter-
ing and other neutron, induced reactions for remote surface analysis.
NsG-4-57 ......... Pasadena Foundation for Medical Research, C. M. PO_ZRAT ........... 13, 500
A symposium on cytogenetics of veils in culture, including radiation
studies.
NsG--481 ......... University of California (Los Angeles), J. S. MALKUS ................... 20, C00
Study of tropical cloud structure and patterning for meteorological
and weather satellite data interpretation.
NsG-(T)-4 ...... University of California (Los Angeles), WILX_RD LmBV ................. 128, 700
Supporting the training of approximately 20 graduate students in
space-related science and technology.
N'sG-(T)-37 ..... California Institute of Technology, F. BOHNENBLUST ................... 268, 900
Supporting the training of approximately 15 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-75 ..... University of Southern California, MrLTON C. ]O_OETZZL ............... 152, 400
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predeotoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-76 ..... Stanford University, ALBI_RT ]_. BOWKER .............................. 230, 800
Supporting the training of approximately 12 predocteral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-21(02) ..... Rand Corporation ...................................................... 374, 703
Conduct (a) studies of operational factors and economic potential of
passive spherical communication satellite systems, etc.; conduct
(b) studies of operational factors and economic potential of 24-hour
active communication satellite systems, etc.
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California--Con.
NASr-21 (04) ..... Rand Corporation, G. F. SCHILLING .................................... $86, 110
Conduct studies to derive a consistent set of fundamental constants
and prepare preliminary tables of the values of constants and of
parameters of the solar systems, etc.
NASr-21 (08) ..... Rand Corporation ...................................................... 441,000
Conduct a study program to assist in defining an integrated check-
out system for manned mission complexes, using established
program plans and information.
NASr-49(04) ..... Stanford Research Institute, R. J. P. LYON ............................. 47, 025
Conduct an evaluation of infrared spectrophotometry for use in the
compositional analysis of lunar and planetary soils.
NASr-49(10) ..... Stanford Research Institute, R. F. MARACA ............................. 49, 140
Assist in the NASA Industrial Applications Program with the basic
objective of evaluating and bringing to industrial or commercial fruition
technological developments resulting from the Nation's space effort.
NASr--49(11) ..... Stanford Research Institute, L. F. NEY .................................. 27, 850
Studies on the hiil reaction activity of soluble chloroplast extracts.
NASr-49(12) ..... Stanford Research Institute, T. H. COLLIS .............................. 17, 252
Survey of requirements for geophysical data collection by satellites.
NASr-49(13) ..... Stanford Research Institute, T. L. SMITH ............................... 43, 974
Mechanical properties of crosslinked polymethylmcthaerylate poly-
mers under simulated space environmental conditions.
NASr-49(14) .... Stanford Research Institute, D. L. CMAMHERLA]N ....................... 29,166
For experimental studies of possible mechanisms of bonding between
glass and polymeric materials, including investigation of the formation
of silicon-halogen bonds that might serve as precursors to silicon-
carbon bonds.
NASr-49(15) ..... Stanford Research Institute, NEV]N K. HIESTER ........................ 57, 869
Feasibility of simulating thermal environments for meaningful evalu-
ation of ablating materials.
NASr-91 ........ Norair (Division of Northrop Corp.), R. G. LINnBER0 .................. 15, 474
Conduct biological and physiological studies of perognathus (pocket
mice) to determine their usefulness as experimental animals for research
in space.
NASr-136 ....... Stanford University, O. K. GARRIOTT ................................... 186, 500
Conduct research to obtain information about the electron content
in the ionosphere and its variation.
Colorado:
NsG-143 ......... University of Denver, THOMAS REHM ................................... 34, 313
Conduct research on the nucleate boiling process for heat transfer in
a very weak gravitational field, at subsaturation liquid temperatures.
NsG-207 ......... University of Denver, JOHN G. WELLES ................................ 33, 000
Identification of tangible economic nonspace byproducts of space
research and development efforts, including current applications of
past research and potential future applications of current research;
evaluation of byproduct identification techniques; and study of infor-
mation flow from space research to commercial application.
NsG-365 ......... University of Denver, DONALD T. KLODT ............................... 58, 688
Theoretical studies on the relationship between the thermionie work
function of re/factory metal intermetallic compounds and their elec-
tronic and crystal structures.
NsG-392 ......... University of Denver, N. C. Ua'rERBACE ................................ 72, 000
A study of atomic and molecular collision phenomena by high veloc-
ity atomic and molecular beams.
NsG-404 ......... University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, GORDON NEWHIRK_ 20, 000
Investigation of observational means of examining the solar corona,
including design studies of a solar coronagraph.
NsG--474 ......... University of Colorado, WILLIAM H. MIERNYg .......................... 117, 562
Socioeconomic analysis of the effects of the expansion of space and
space*related activities on local communities.
APPENDIX K 197
Colorado--Con.
1_sG-(T)-45 ..... Colorado State University, ANDREW F. CLARK ......................... $91,800
Supporting the training of approximately 6 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-46 ..... University of Colorado, ROBERT P. BORWDEN .......................... 176, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-49 ..... University of Denver, ALFRED C. NELSON .............................. 100,S00
Supporting the training of approximately 6 predoctorsl graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-147 ....... Colorado State University, W. E. MAR[._Tr ............................. 59, 061
Investigation of the temperature and spectral emissivity character-
istics of cloud tops and of the earth's surface.
R-18 ............ U.S. National Bureau of Standards, F. E. ROACH ....................... 1, 009
Support of Univ. of Hawaii-Univ. of Colorado research on zodiacal 78, 000
light and airglow.
C onnecticut:
NsG-1 ........... Yale University, V. W. HUGHES ........................................ 60,O00
Investigation of molecular beam frequency standards and atomic
collision eross-sections.
NsG-138 ......... Yale University, R. C. BARKER ......................................... 29, 484
Research on low-power low-speed data storage and processing tech-
niques.
NsO-374 ......... Yale University, R. (]ALAMBOS AND E. HIGGINS ........................ 211,534
Electrophysiological studies of the brain, including improvement of
experimental techniques and methodology.
NsG--400 ......... Yale University, S. P. CLARK, JR ....................................... 16, 000
Theoretical investigation of thermal gradient and heat flow associated
with earth's crust and lunur sur face by analysis of geometric models, and
study of temperature distribution near bodies of crystallizing mogma_.
NsG--407 ......... Yale University, J. N. DOUGLAS AND H. J. SMITH ....................... 83, 825
Investigation of the polarization characteristics of jupiter's deca-
metric radiations and their potential application s_ a probe of the
media between the earth and Jupiter.
R-24 ............ U.S. Navy-Naval Medical Research Laboratory, KARL E. SCHAEFER_ _. 40,000
Research on the diurnal periodicity of physiological functions and of
performance level; including studies of the effects of removing, or of
changing the period or the phase of, environmental time indicators.
NsG-(T)-34 ..... Yale University, JOHN P. MILLER ...................................... 205, 500
Supporting the training of approximately I0 predocters] graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)--47 ..... University of Connecticut, N. L. WHEt"tEN ............................. 106, 900
Supporting the training of approximately 6 predocteral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
Delaware:
NAG-356 ........ University of Delawere, J. HARTNE_ ...................................
Mass transfer cooling in nitrogen and carbon dioxide gas streams.
NsG-(T)-29 ..... University of Delaware, JAMES C. KAKAVAS ............................
Supporting the training of approximately 6 predoetoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
District of Colum-
bia:
NsO-35 ......... Society of Photographic Engineers and Scientists ........................ 36, 874
Conduct volunteer photographic tracking program.
NsG-102 ......... Smitl_onian Institution, MONROIg FRERMAN ........................... 100, 0O0
District of Colum-
bia-Continued
NsG-388 ........ Georgetown University, STANLEY A. ZIEMNOWICZ ....................... $65,020
An investigation of the dynamics of cerebral circulation by continu-
ons rheoencephalographlc monitoring.
NsG-411 ........ Catholic University, C. C. CHANG ...................................... 6, 850
partial support of a symposium on plasma space sciences.
NsG-417 ........ Catholic University, C. C. CHANG ...................................... 60,000
Interaction of a solar plasma stream and the geomagnetic field.
NsG-425 ........ George Washington University, ARTHUR E. BURNS ..................... 300, 000
Statistical and analytical investigations of the relation between Gov-
ernment financed research and development and resultant inventions.
NsG-428 ........ Georgetown University, WILLIAM J. THALER ........................... 97, 875
Theoretical and experimental studies of radiation absorptance and
emittance characteristics and their control, for potential space vehicle
surface materials.
NsG-485 ........ George Washington University, C. W. SHtLLING ........................ 63, 440
Studies in scientific communication research using space-related
biology as the subject area.
NsG-(T)-39 ..... Catholic University, JA_ES P. O'CONNOR .............................. 165, 900
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-51 ..... George Washington University, ARTHUR E. BURNS ..................... 109, 800
Supporting the training of approximately 6 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-10 ........ Resources Research Inc., GILBBRT V. LBVIN ............................ 221,034
Research on radiolsotopie methods for detecting the presence and
monitoring the metabolic radiolsotopic activity of microorganisms
on an extraterrestrial body, and design and build a prototype of the
detection and monitoring apparatus.
NASr-62 ........ National Academy of Sciences .......................................... 350, 000
Conduct the administration of the NASA International University
Program.
NASr-170 ....... National Science Teachers Association, R. H. CARLETON ................ 43, 400
The conduct of a program of national and regional youth activities
in science.
NASr-190 ....... Science Service, WATSON DAVIS ......................................... 6, 845
Administration of the NASA awards participation in the 14th
National Science Fair Program.
R-3 ............. U.S. Library of Congress, A. J. JACOBIUS ................................ 40, 000
Preparation of a bibliography of unclassified domestic and foreign
literature concerned with space-life sciences and closely related fields
for the years 1959 through 1962.
R-9 ............. U.S. Navy-Naval Research Laboratory, ALAN C. KOLI_ ................. 75, 000
Conduct research on ultraviolet spectrescepy using high temperature
plasma sources.
R-16 ............ U.S. Navy-Bureau of Naval Weapons ................................... 4O, OOO
Joint agencies support of the solid propellant information agency at
the Johns Hopkins University.
R-34 ............ U.S. Library of Congress, ARNOLD JACOBIUS ............................ 3,017
Prepare an annotated bibliography of approximately 400 items, with
abstracts, on the biological effects of magnetic fields.
R-41 ............ U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, CORNBLIUS A. TOBIAS ............... 400, 000
Conduct biological research with heavy ion beams.
R-42 ............ U.S. Navy-Office of Naval Research .................................... 12, 500
Provide partial support for the national research council committee
on hearing and bioaccoustics and the national research council
committee on vision.
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District of Columo
bin--Continued
R-48 ............ U.S. Navy-Off]ce of Naval Research, WA_SLE¥ ......................... $190, 000
Reinbursement for balloons, launching services end related expenses
in connection with high-altitude balloon measurements of the electron,
low-energy proton, end alpha-particle spectrum of primary cosmic
radiation (Cont. of R-23).
R-54 ............ National Science Foundation ............................................
Partial support between the National Science Foundation and the
National Academy of Sciences in support of the Space Sciences Board.
R-55 ............ U.S. Weather Bureau, F. W. RF, ICHELDKRFER ..........................
Florida--Con.
NsG-424 ......... University of Miami .................................................... $91,897
Instabilities In the flow of boiling liquid.
NsG(T)-13 ...... University of Florida, L. E. GRINTER ................................... 177,000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-relating science and technology.
NsG-(T)-50 ..... Florida State University, $onlq K. FOLOER ............................. 131,200
Supporting the training of 8 predoetoral graduate students in space-
related science and technology.
NASr-165 ....... University of South Florida ............................................. 29, 064
Planning, organizing and conducting a high-level two-wcek conference
in space sciences for science teachers and preparation of the conference
proceedings in a book form.
R-39 ............ U.S. Navy-School of Aviation Medicine, D. E. BEISCHER ............... 109, 000
Conduct research on the effect of very strong magnetic fields and of
magnetic-field-free environments on man and animals.
R-75 ............. U.S. Navy--School of Aviation Medicine, H. J. SCHAEFER ............ 30, 700
Energy dissipation characteristics In tissue for ionizing radiation in
space.
R-93 ............ U.S. Navy--School of Aviation Medicine, A. GRAYBEXL ............ 150, 000
Research on the role of the vestibular organs in space flight.
Georgia:
NsG-273 ......... Georgia Institute of Technology, C. eRR .......................... 10, 000
Research on the rate of heat transfer by radiation from a solid surface
at a high temperature to a gas that is essentially transparent flowing
near the surface.
NsG-337 ......... Georgia Institute of Technology, HENRY A. MCGEE, JR .............. 72, 812
Conduct research on chemical reactivity of hydrogen, nitrogen, and
oxygen atoms at temperatures below 100 ° K.
NsG-(T)-I ...... Georgia Institute of Technology, M. J. GOGLL_ ..................... 230, 400
Supporting the training of approximately 22 space related science
and technology.
Hawaii:
NASr-5 ......... University of Hawaii, HOWARD C. MCALLISTER ........................ 23, 440
Conduct design studies and experimental evaluations of a stigmatic
spectrograph with nominal dispersion of 1A/mm and resolution of
0.01A, useful in the spectral range from 1,000A to 3,000A, and of suffi-
cient compactness and speed to be suitable for use in a rocket vehicle.
Illinois:
NsG-13 .......... University of Illinois, H. H. Korst ................................ 45,143
Investigation of the flow and heat transfer conditions within separ-
ated flow regions.
NsG-144 ........ University of Chicago, PETER MEYER ............................ 282, 568
Conduct high-altitude balloon measurements of the electron, low- 123, 886
energy proton, and alpha particle spectrum of the primary cosmic
radiation.
NsG-179 ......... University of Chicago, JOHn; SIMPSOt¢ ............................ 254, 778
Conduct experimental and theoretical studies of energetic particles
and electrodynamical processes in interplanetary space and in the
vicinity of planets.
NsG-352 ......... University of Chicago, FALICOV, COHEN and PHILLIPS .............. 70,000
Theoretical and experimental investigations of superconductivity.
NsG-366 ......... University of Chicago, E. ANDERS ............................... 105,938
Mass spectrometry and electron microprobe studies.
NsG-370 ......... University of Chicago, M. GRODZINS and T. L. WmSLER ............. 144,000
An investigation of the impact of science and technology upon the
economy and public affairs.
NsG--376 ......... University of Illinois, DANIEL ALPERT ............................ 106,105
Theoretical and experimental studies of the underlying processes and
techniques of low-pressure measurement.
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lllnois--Continued
NsO-379 ......... University of Illinois, S. A. BOW'HILL .................................... $27, 425
Study to determine the optimum organization and techniques for a
worldwide investigation of the D and lower E regions of the ionosphere
in relation to the IQSY.
NsG-395 ......... University of Illinois, DESCHAMPS, MITTItA, and LO .................... 28, 930
A study of selected radiation and propagation problems related to
antennas and probes in magneto-ionic media.
NsO-405 ......... Northwestern University, GEORGE THODOS ............................. 26, 250
A theoretical and experimental investigation of the thermodynamic
and transport properties of para-hydrogen.
NsO--434 ......... University of Illinoi s .................................................... 15, 323
Study of line integrals, surface integrals, volumes, centroids, and
moments of inertia for a class of shells of revolution and for a larger class
of shells.
NsO--441 ......... University of Chicago, H. FERNANDEZ .................................. 198, 290
Investigations in space-related molecular biology, including consider-
ation of the molecular organization of extraterrestrial matter.
NsG-(T)-2 ...... University of Chicago, WARNER A. WICE ............................... 3to, 50o
Supporting the training of approximately 15 graduate students in
space related science and technology.
NsG(T)-17 ...... Northwestern University, MOODY E. PRIOR ............................ 187, 200
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-24 ..... University of Illinois, FREDERICK T. WALL ............................. 212, 400
Supporting the training of approximately 12 predoctoral graduate
students in spaes-related science and technology.
NsG(T)-25 ...... Illinois Institute of Technology, MAR_IN A. ELLIO_r .................... 188, 700
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-22 ........ Amour Research Foundation, RICHARD ]_NRLIOH ....................... 49,139
Conduct experimental research on the survival and growth of algae,
lichens, and microorganisms in simulated Martian and lunar environ-
ment.
NASr-50 ........ Materials Research Laboratory, Inc., E. $. RIPLINO ..................... 17, 447
Conducting experimental studies of stress corrosion in titanium,
stainless steel, and other elevated temperature structural alloys, at
elevated temperaturers and in the presence of a crack.
NASr-65(03) ..... Armour Research Foundation, LAWRENCE CONROY ..................... 45, 411
Conduct a NASA Technology Utilization Program Exhibit at the
Chicago International Trade Fair beginning June 19, 1963.
NASr.65(04) ..... Armour Research Foundation, R. L. BARNETT .......................... 44, 738
Application of prestressed segmented brittle materials in aerospace
structures.
NASr-65(05) ..... Armour Research Foundation, DR. WEIL ............................... 13, 000
To investigate discrepancies between stress identificationfactors
contained in the ASA piping code and experimental data for thin wall
piping.
NASr-65(06) ..... Armour Research Foundation, LEONARD REIFFEL ...................... 300, 000
Conduct studies and analyses of space science problems relatedto the
planning and directing of NASA lunar and planetary programs.
R-96 ............ U.S. Navy--Office of Naval Research ................................... 1,800
Support of the Fifth Biennial Gas Dynamics Symposium entitled
"Physico-Chemical Diagnostics of Plasmas."
R-46 ............ U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, S. A. GORDON ....................... 125, 000
Determine the effects of continuous 3-dimensional rotation of the
earth's gravitational, magnetic, and electrical field gradients on plant
morphognensls.
Indiana:
NsO-339 ........ University of Notre Dame, G. F. D'ALELIO ............................. 30, 770
Polymer Research Program.
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Indiana--Continued
NsG-383 ........ Purdue University, M. J. ZUeROW ...................................... $30, 0C0
Theoretical and experimental investigation of the mechanism of solid
propellant combustion.
NsG-446 ........ Evansville State Hospital, F. C. CLARK ................................. 37, 415
An experimental study of the effects of schedule and stimulus param-
eters on monitoring and observing behavior.
NsG-(T)-15 ..... Indiana University, J. W. ASHTON ...................................... 143,100
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-rolated science and technology.
NsG-(T)-27_ .... Purdue University, E. C. YOUNG ....................................... 223, 200
Supporting the training of approximately 12 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-65 ..... University of Notre Dame, C. A. SOLETA ............................... 153,600
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-155 ....... Amateur Rocketeers of America, JOHN CARI_ON ........................ 39, 000
Development of a Cooperative A RA-NASA Program.
NASr-162 ....... Indiana University, ARTHUR M. WEIMER ............................. 150, 000
A pilot Program for investigating various techniques to enhance the
utilization of new knowledge related to or stemming from aerospace
research and technology.
Iowa:
NsG-62 ......... Iowa State University, G. K. SEROVY ................................... 25, 675
Application of blade element techniques to the design and perform-
ance prediction problems for axial flow pumps (Cont. of NAw-6518).
NsO-233 ........ State University of Iowa, J. A. VAN ALLEN ............................. 300, 000
Theoretical and experimental studies related to the particles and
fields associated with the major bodies of the solar system and with
interplanetary space.
NsG-293 ........ Iowa State University, B. C. CARlSON .................................. 18, 460
Investigation of hypergeometric functions and elliptic integrals.
NsG-(T)-6 ...... State University of Iowa, JOHN C. WEAVER ............................ 175, 500
Supporting the training of approximately 10 graduate students in
space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-35 ..... Iowa State University, J. B. PAOR ...................................... 171,000
Supporting the training of approximately ten (10) predoetoral grad-
uate students in space-related science and technology.
Kansas:
NsG-298 ......... University of Kansas, JOHN S. McNow_ ................................ 150, 000
Interdisciplinary studies in space science and technology.
NsG-477 ......... University of Kansas, R. K. MOORE .................................... 35, 000
TO determine the radar cross section of the earth by utili.zlng ground
return data from Alouette satellite.
NsG(T)-54 ...... Kansas State University, HAROLD HOWE ............................... 142, 200
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
I_sG(T)-55 ...... University o f Kausas, JOHN S. MCNOWN ................................ 143, 300
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in spaee-related science and technology.
Kentucky:
NAG-393 ......... University of Kentucky, W. S. KROODAHL .............................. 9, 445
Investigation and reformulation of the numerical for solving differ-
enttal equations of state of 2-electron atoms.
NsG-456 ......... University of Kentucky, K. O. LANOE .................................. 50, 000
An experimental investigation of gravity level preference in small
animals.
Louisiana:
NsG-346 ......... Tulane University, PA_ S. GUTH ...................................... 52, 754
Investigation into the site and mode of antivertlgo action of a new
phenothtazlne derivative.
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Louisiana--Con.
NsG-(T)-19 ..... Louisiana State University, MAX GOODRICH ............................ $131, 500
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-84 ..... Tulane University, R. M. LUMIANSK¥_ ................................ 158, 400
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
Maine:
NA Sr-135 ....... Aroostook State Teachers College, K. D. MA_UE ...................... 26, 000
Development of specific space related teaching material, designed
to serve as guides and supplements to clasm_om instruction.
NASr-137 ....... Washington State Teachers College ..................................... 25, 000
Development of specific space-related teaching materials designed
to serve as guides and supplements to classroom instruction.
NASr-152 ....... Oorham State Teachers College, KETCH T. H. BROOKS .............. 40,0e0
Conduct development of specific space-related teaching materials
designed to serve as guides and supplements to classroom instruction.
NASr-153 ....... Farmlngton State Teachers College ..................................... 4O,OO0
Contract for the development of specific spaco-rciated teachl ng
materials designed to serve as guides and supplements to classroom
instruction.
NASr-154 ....... Fort Kent State Teachers College, SHARON PE_-K ....................... 10, 010
The development of specific space related teaching material, de-
signed to serve as guides and supplements to classroom instruction.
Maryland:
NsG-58 .......... University of Maryland, S. F. SmGRR .................................. 150,000
Theoretical studies on interplanetary gas and dust.
NsO-70 .......... University of Maryland, R. W. KRAUSS ................................ 99,250
Investigation of phycophysiology in controlled-environments.
NsG-189 ......... University of Maryland, J. D. FINDLgY ................................. 188,000
Conduct behavioral research and experimental analysis of complex
behavioral repertoires under full environmental control.
NsO-193 ......... Johns Hopkins University, G. H. DIEKE ................................ 80,000
Conduct rocket and laboratory exporlmenta and analysis on the
ultraviolet spectra of the upper atmosphere.
NsG-220 ......... University of Maryland, D. A. TIDMAN ................................. 97,622
Theoretieal research on the dynamics of astrophysical plasmas, in-
cluding studies of the structure of plasma shock waves in the solar
corona and their possible radio emission.
NsG-359 ......... University of Maryland, T. D. WrLKERSON ............................. 39, 702
Research on measurement of atomic transition probabilities of high
temperature gases.
NsG-361 ......... Johns Hopkins University, G. H. DlgKE ................................ 50, 000
Theoretical and experimental investigation of the fundamental
properties of rare earth crystals.
NsG-398 ......... University of Maryland, WgMRR C. RH_ZlNBOLIYP ...................... 700, 000
Multldiscipltnary research on the application of high-speed com-
Puters to space-related research problems.
NsO-436 ......... Upiversity of Maryland, J. WRRRR ..................................... 99, 396
Two-year study on theoretical and experimental research on gravita-
tional radiation.
NsG-482 ......... University of Maryland, C. C. VZRI .................................... 6,036
Maryland--Con.
R-38 ........... U.S. Navy-Medical Research Center, T. H. BE_ZmGER .................. $1_, 400
Conduct research into basic physiological mechanisms which defend
the human body against heat and cold, and to determine the extent and
efficiency of energy transformations in the human body and in isolated
body constituents at the molecular level.
R-71 ............ U.S. Navy-Naval Ordnance Laboratory ................................. 35, 000
Conduct a drag and static and dynamic stability investigation of
models of the Mariner B Shape A-1 and JPL Confguration V-lat
flight velocities from 13,000 feet per second to 18,000 feet per secend, etc.
R-76 ............ U.S. Navy-Bureau of Naval Weapons, G. L. DUGGER .................. 450, 700
Research on supersonic combustion of hydrogen for Mach 10+
vehicle.
R-78 ............ National Iustitutes of Health, FINN & STONE ........................... 311,900
Aid in the operation of a regional research center at the Mass chusetts
Institute of Technology for ti_e development of portable LINC com-
puters and for dissemination of these computers to the biological
community.
R-82 ............ U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory ............................... 30, 0C0
Conduct sounding rocket studies of the ionosphere.
Massachusetts:
NsG-31 .......... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ERICK MOLLO-CHRISTENSEN .... 37, 342
Experimental investigation of the effect of sound impingement upon
shear flows.
NsO-ll7 ........ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, NICHOLAS J. GRANT ............ 51,000
Research on mechanisms of alloy strengthening by fine particle dis-
persions, with particular emphasis on selective reduction of nonre-
Iractory oxides, stability of metal-metal oxides systems, and solid
solution matrices in metal-metal oxide alloys.
NsO- 149........ Massachusetts Institute of Technology, O. C. NEWTON JR ......... 79, 773
Conduct research on vibrator-output angular motion sensors.
NsO-234 ......... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, J. F. REINT#ES ................. 95, 000
Venus radar systems investigations.
NsO-246 ........ Boston University, GERALD S. HAWglNS ................................ 14, 500
A study of lunar graters and their relation to meteorites and asteroides.
NsO-330 ......... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, TOWNES & JAVAY .............. 400, 000
Conduct research on properties of optical and infrared masers.
NSO-334 ......... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, IIENRV Z. ZIMMERMANN ........ 100, 0O0
Conduct research on techniques of communications in the space en-
vironment.
NsG-368 ......... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, WOODSON, HAUS AND MELCHER 75,O00
Theoretical and experimental investigations in electrohydrody-
namics (EHD) and wave-type magnetohydrodynamies (MHD).
NsG-3_ ........ Brandeis University, ]_APLAN, LEVINE AND MARMUR .................. II0,033
A comparative study of the evaluation of enzymes and nucleic acids.
NsG-3_ ......... Massachusetts InStitute of Technology, B. Rossi ........................ 500,0(}0
Theoreticaland experimetal investigations of the interplanetary
medium and in gamma-ray astronomy.
NsO-4_ ......... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, R. W. MANN ................... 31,222
Analytical and experimental investigations of I_asic flow phenom-
ena in unsteady flow systems with moving boundaries, to de-
termine the validity of the two-dimensional hydraulic analogue to
compressible fluid flow.
NsG-460 ......... Harvard University, F. L. WHIPPLE .................................... 24, 448
A theoretical study of meteoric trajectories and processes, including
examination of the incidence and characteristics of photographic
meteors by reduction of about 600 data poL_ts.
NsG--462 ......... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, F. O. SCH_IT'r .................. 146,641
Partial support oi multidisciDlinary studies in the neurosciences.
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Massachusetts--Con.
NsG-(T)-20 ..... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, HAROLD L. HAZEN ............. $310,
Supporting the training of approximately 15 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
I_ASr-16 ........ Allied Research Associates, Inc., A. KORNFIELD ......................... 8,748
Research on the principles of biologicalsensors and possibleappHca-
tlon of such principles to physical design.
NsG-(T)-64 ..... Northeastern University, ARTHUR A. VERNON ......................... 60,900
Supporting the training of approximately S predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-158 ....... Harvard Unlve_Ity, FRED L. WmrPLE ................................. 340,000
Contract to conduct investigations of the properties, flux, and
trajectoriesof meteors.
NASw--37 ....... Massachusetts Institute of Technology, W. L. KRAUSHAAR ............. 43,400
Designing, constructing, and testing a hlgh-energy gamma ray
detecter capable of being carried in a satellite.
R-92 ............ USAF-Cambrldge Research Center, H. E. HINTEREGGER ............... 4O7,000
Conduct measurements, from rocket.s, of the ultraviolet spectrum as
a function of altitude and wavelength.
Michigan:
NsG-27 .......... University of Michigan, G. ISA_rSON ..................................... 4,975
Study of the natural vibration characteristic of twisted rotating
blades in combined bending and torsion.
NAG--39 .......... University of Michigan, F. G. HAM._ITr ................................ 71, 750
Investigation of cavitation-eroslon phenomena. (Continnation of
Naw-65_).
NAG-86 .......... University of Michigan, R. B. MORRISON ............................... 22, 673
Study of particle dynamics under conditions which exist in rockets.
NsG-115 ......... University of Michigan, Cmergo Kx_ucel .............................. 31, 588
Study of microwave, radio frequency, and ionizing radiation inter-
actions in solids.
NsG-12A ......... University of Michigan, 3. W. FREEMAN ................................ 65,0O0
Research on heat resistaut alloys.
NaG-Z44 ......... University of Michigan, S. K. CLARg ................................... 27, S00
Analysis of aircraft tires.
Ns(]--415 ......... University of Michigan, H. C. EARLY ................................... 55,0O0
Theoretical and experimental investigations of extremely dense
plasmas at very high energy densities.
NsG-444 ......... University of Michigan, R. E. H'ATT .................................... 50, 000
Analytical studies of relationships between far-field radiation pat-
terns and near-field current distributions and surface configurations,
including consideration of the effects of small-vehicle (few wavelengths)
on antenna performance.
NsG-(T)-5 ...... University of Michigan, R. A. SAWYRR ................................. 265, 500
Supporting the training of approximately 25 graduate stduents in
space related science and technology.
NsG--(F)-12 ..... University of Michigan, RALPH A. SAWYER ............................. 1, 750, 000
Construction of a space research building on the north esmpus of the
University of Michigan.
NsG-(T)-58 ..... Michigan State University, MILTON E. MUELUER ..................... 144, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-M(03) ..... University of Michigan, FRED L. BARTMAN ............................. 450, 000
Continue research, relevant to meteorological satetlites, in advanced
measuring techniques of high altitude and surface phenomena.
NASr-54(04) ..... University of Michigan, A. F. NAGY .................................... 24,683
"Langmuir Probe Techniques" (Cont of NASw- 139).
NASr-54(05) .... University of Michigan ............................................. 341, 000
Survey measurements of upper air structure.
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Michigan--Con.
NASr-83 ........ Henry Ford Hospital, LORNE D. PROCTOR .............................. $65,000
Conduct an experimental investigation of variations of the electro-
neurophysiological correlates and task performance under conditions
of controlled stimuli.
NASr-163 ........ Wayne State University, RANDALL M. WHALEY ........................ 27, 875
An investigation of the relationships among university, industry,
Government and community groups as might bear on the application
of the benefits of space-related research and technological advancement
to the problems of continuing regional economic development.
NASw-M ........ University of Michigan, F. T. HADDOCK ................................ 39, 000
Astronomical experiments in satellites--radio astronomy TASK
No. l.
NASw-55 ....... University of Michigan, L. GOLDBERG .................................. 2, 673
Solar ultraviolet spectroscope.
NASw-140 ...... University of Michigan, F. L. BARTMAN ................................ 16, 799
Research on advanced measuring techniques of atmospheric and
surface phenomena using radio meters sensitive in the visible and near
infrared regions of the spectrum.
NASw-139 ..... University of Michigan, W. G. Dow .................................... 3, 413
Design, develop, construct, deliver and supervise installation of 2
instrumented vo "ec3ne_ containing Langmuir probes, control units, and
necessary telemetry, and conduct sounding rocket experiment and
studies of the ionosphere.
Minncscta:
NsG-(T)-7 ...... University of Minnesota ................................................ 288, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 25 graduate students in
space-related science and technology.
NsG-(F)-7 ...... University of Minnesota, A. O. C. NIER ................................ 704, 000
Construction of additional physics research laboratories.
NASr-II ........ University of Minnesota, ALLAN H. BROWN ............................ 40, 356
Research on the effects of earth satellite environment and launching
stresses on biological metabolism, including ground-based studies, de-
sign and construction of instrumentation for satellite-borne studies,
and analysis of the results of the flight experiment.
Mississippi:
NsG-80 .......... Mississippi State University, R. G. TISCHER ............................ 15, 000
Biochemical study of mixed culture algae prototypes in a closed eco-
logical system.
Missouri:
NsG-342 ......... Washington University (St. Louis), WERNER Z. HIRSCH ............... 300, 000
Analyses of the impact of space activities on the national economy,
and establishment of a methodology for determining space program
effects on regional economic growth.
NsG(T)-59 ...... Missouri School of Mines & Metallurgy, M. BAKER ..................... 76,400
Supporting the training of approximately 4 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-60 ..... University of Missouri, HENRY E. BENT ............................... 152, 900
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoetoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-74 ..... St. Louis University, R. J'. HENLE, S.J .................................. 140, 400
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-86 ..... Washington University (St. Louis), GEOR(_E E. POKE ................. 154, 800
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoetoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-63(03) ..... Midwest Research Institute, M. H. THORNTON ......................... 216, 657
Aid and encourage the industries of the States of Missouri, Oklahoma
Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa, and Nebraska to participate in space tech-
nology, in order that the industries will be strengthened by application
of the technology, etc.
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Miscouri--Con.
NASr- 63(04) ..... Midwest Research Institute, M. H. THORNTON ......................... $158,78S
Develop and apply a methodology for measuring the short- and long-
term effects of increased participation in space technology on the econ-
omy of the States of Missouri, Oklahoma, Kansas, Arkansas, Iowa, and
Nebraska; and analyze the technical capabilities of these States in de-
termining the optimum direction of future economic effort.
NASr-63(05) ..... Midwest Research Institute, E. F. ZXUDrJ_ ............................. 37, 335
Conduct an experimental and theoretical investigation of the flutter
characteristics of an array of fiat rectangular pinned-edge panels at low
supersonic speeds.
NASr-63(06) ..... Midwest Research Institute, SHig_ON L. LBVY ........................ 53, 747
Extreme vacuum technology (below 10-_ TORR) and associated
clean surface studies.
NASr-150 ....... University of Kansas City, D. WILLtkMS ............................... 41, 087
Review 30 NASA sponsored research programs for the purpose of
selecting 10 programs where filmed research reports would be useful in
science education, and prepare motion picture scripts for the 10 selected
programs.
Mont_a:
NsG-480 ......... Montana State College, IRVING E. DAYTON ............................ 70, 000
A program to support the development of research in space physics
at Montana State College.
Nevada:
NsG-464 ......... University of Nevada, H. N. Mozmoo ................................. 10, 476
An experimental investigation of the effects of low pressure on cellular
ultrastructure and cytocbemistry in plants.
NsG(T)-61 ...... University of Nevada, THOMAS D. O'BRIEN ........................... 49, 600
Supporting the training of approximately three predoctoral grad-
uate students in space-related science and technology.
New Hampshire:
NASr-IOI ....... University of New Hampshire, J. A. LOCKWOOD ........................ 30,000
Contract for research and development on an instrument suitable
for measuring neutron intensity in space.
New Jersey:
NsO-99 .......... Princeton University, Luml CRocco .................................... 247, 330
Theoretical and experimental research on combustion instability in
liquid propellant rocket motors, including consideration of both linear
and nonlinear aspects.
NsG-130 ........ Stevens Iv.stitute of Technology, JACK FA;ANS .......................... 28, 041
Research on electro-hydronaymk.s of superfluld helium.
NsG-403 ......... Stevens Institute of Technology, LAWgENCE GOLVMAN ................. 10, 750
A study of the algebraic aspects of the &body problem.
NsG-196 ......... Princeton University, H. H. HESS ......................................
Conduct research on X-ray diflraction studies of innar-type ma-
terial.
NsG-306 ......... Princeton University, JAH_, KUN_ and BERNS_n_ ................. 76, 57O
Theoretical and experimental studies of the formation and stability
of the magnetogasdynamic front in a pinch discharge.
NsG-326 ......... Stevens Institute of Technology, J. ANDERSON ......................... I0, 616
Conduct research on principles of general covarlance in its various
formulations and the related problems of the role of coordinates in
gene:al relativity.
NsG--413 ......... Seton Hall University, L. M. RAUCH ...................................
Methodologies in the sointi_n of systems of nonlinear differential
equations, with emphasis on the N-body problem.
NsG--414 ........ Princeton University, A. B. FIEND ......................................
Theoretical and/or experimental studies of ultraviolet phenomena of
astronomical interest, and of balactic gas dynamics.
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New Jer_y--Con.
NsG-447 ......... Rutgers State University, D. A. LUPFER ................................ $50,181
Studies of minimum thickness electro-ceramic films, including
relationship of mechanical and electronic properties to method of
formation.
NAG-470 ......... Princeton University, C. S. PPI_ENDRIGH ............................... 42, 926
An experimental analysis of circadian rhythms under terrestrial
conditions including techniques for studying rhythms in an orbiting
satellite.
NsG-(T)-38 ..... Princeton University, DONALD R. HAMILTON ........................... 230, 400
Supporting the training of approximately 12 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsO-(T)-77 ..... Stevens Institute of Technology, RALPH A. MORGEN .................... 108, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 6 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-36 ........ Princeton University, It. B. JONES ...................................... 96, 000
Research on transient pressure transducers for use in jet propulsion
research.
NASr-99 ........ National Beryllia Corp., EUGENE RYSHKEWITCH ........................ 65, 000
Research on low density thermal insulating materials for use abovc
3,000 ° F.
NASr-II3 ....... Princeton University, M. SCHWARZCHILD ............................... 194,637
Study the modification of the Stratoscope II telescope for use in
conjunction with infrared spectroscopic observations of Mars, Venus,
and the Moon.
NASr-159 ....... Princeton University, ROBERT D. ALLEN ............................... 35, 849
Contract for the design and construction of an improved optical
microscope system for biological research.
New Mexico:
NsO-332 ........ University of New Mexico, C. P. LEAVrrr .............................. 38,732
Design and development of an experiment to measure the high-
energy neutron flux in space.
NSO-372 ......... New Mexico State University, R. LIEFELD .............................. 23,114
Research in long wavelength X.ray spectroscopy.
NsG-(T)-62 ..... University of New Mexico, WILLIAM J. PARRISn ........................ 113,900
Supporting the training of approximately 0 predoctoral graduate
students in space related science and technology.
New York:
NAG-14 .......... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, CHI-NENO SHEN ...................... 20, 000
Investigation cf the synthesis ofhigh order nonlinear control systems 93, 000
with time input, including consideration of type input, multiple
nonlinear system, form, and accuracy of the synthesis.
NAG-76 .......... New York University, R. C. SAHNI ..................................... 79, 000
A theoretical research in the fieldsof molecular quantum mechanics
and transport properties of diatomic molecules.
NsO-90 .......... New York University, H. MARGOLIN ................................... 44, 078
Investigation of the effectof pressure on metallurgical phenomena.
NsO-100 ......... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, S. E. WIBRRLEY ..................... 300, 000
NAG-112 ......... Columbia University, LAWRENCE O'NEILL ............................. 140, 000
Method for determining blood flow through intact vessels of experi-
mental animals under conditions of gravitational stress and in extra-
terrestrialspace capsules.
NsG-II6 ......... Cornell University, S. H. BAUER ....................................... 41,425
Kinetics of chemical reactions in gases at high temperatures utilizing
shock tube and other gas dynamic techniques.
NsO-155 ......... Dudley Observatory, CVETm L. HEMENWAY ........................... 26, 035
Collection and analysis of mic$ometeorites.
NsG-159 ......... Syracuse University, D. V. KELLER, JR ................................. 10, 465
Conduct research on adhesions of metals in high v_uum.
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New York--Con.
NAG-227 ........ Yeshiva University, L. F. LANDOWITZ .................................. $23,125
The application of statistical mechanics of noneqnilibrium processes
to astrophysies and the determination of galactic mass distribution
and gravitational potential.
NAG-229 ......... Columbia University, ARTHUR N. STRAHLER ............................ 64,40O
Conduct a summer institute for space science, including the selection
and support of 50 outstanding undergraduate sclence-student attendees.
NsG--3_ ......... University of Rochester, PHILIP W. BAU_.XSrER ........................ IS, 225
Investigation of new methods of designing multilayer filters having
specified transmission or reflectance as a function of wavelength.
NAG-336 ......... New York University, SIVNZY BoRowrrz ............................... U, 519
Conduct research on low energy scattering of electrons by atomic and
molecular systems.
NAG-341 ......... Fordham University, NAGY, HENNESSY, and CLAUS .................... 109, 2O9
Conduct research on analysis of the organic and inorganic com-
ponents of carbonaceous and other selected stony meteorites.
NAG--3,50 ......... University of Rochester, MARTIN LESSEH ............................... 57,180
A pilot study of plasma stream and traveling wave magnetic field
interaction."
NAG--360 ......... Columbia University, RORRRT NOWCK ................................. _000
Research in properties of helium and lithium atoms and ions.
NAG-371 ......... Reusselaer Polytechnic Institute, V_mTE and CALAMZ .................. 25, 0C0
A theoretical and experimental study of radiation damage and effects
on the properties of materials.
NAG-382 ......... Cornell University, THOMAS GOLD ...................................... 400, O90
Support to a research program of lunar studies and the structure of
the earth's magnetosphere.
NAG-384 ......... Alfred University, T. _'. GRAY .......................................... SS, IS5
An investigation of fuel cell performance under nonequfllbrium
conditions, including consideration of operation under pulsed loading.
NAG--385 ......... Syracuse University, HARVEY H. BROWN ............................... 22, SO9
An exact stress analysis of a rectangular sheet bounded by 4-edge
stiffeners and subjected to loads and temperature gradients.
NsG-AO9 ......... Polytechnic Institute of'Brooklyn, ANTONIO FgRm ..................... 128,630
Theoretical and experimental investigations in the electromagnetic
radiative and thermodynamic properties of ionized flows of gases, and
in plasma boundary conditions at conducting and nonconducting
walls.
NAG-412 ......... New York University, J. J. STOX-ER ..................................... 90, 000
Theoretical and experimental investigations in nonlinear elasticity
involving studies of thin- and thick-walled structures, elastic shells,
and nonlsotrophic materials.
NAG-420 ......... New York University, A. D. KRRR .....................................
Theoretical and experimental studies in nonlinear elasticity, includ-
ing consideration of shells, beams, and plates.
NAG-431 ......... Syracuse University, D. S. DOSANJH ....................................
Analytical and experimental investigations of the noise characteris-
tics of power jet flows from highly underexpanded convergent and con-
vergent-divergent nozzles which are interacted with relatively low-
energy control jet flows.
NAG-442 ......... Columbia University, RORRRT NOVlCX .................................
Theoretical and experimental investigations of the microwave prop-
erties of planetary atmospheres.
NsG-4_ ......... University of Rochester, RORRRT G. LOZWY ............................ 3_000
A theoretical study of the dynamic characteristics of clustered struc-
tuscs including computer analyses of selected launch vehicle configura-
tions.
NAG-483 ......... Syracuse University, D. V. KELLER ............ _........................ _,000
Theoretical and experimental studies of adhesion of metals in high
vacuum.
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New York--Con.
NsO-(T)-26 ..... Columbia University, RALPH S. HALFORD .............................. $228,000
Supporting the training of approximately 12 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-lO ..... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, EDWIN BROWN ALLEN ................ 192, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 graduate students in
space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-40 ..... New York University, J. R. RAGAZZINI ................................. 220, 600
Supporting the training of ap!_roximately 12 prcdoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)--48 ..... Cornen Unive-sity, DAMON BOYNTO_ .................................. 177,000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-71 ..... Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, ERNEST WEBER ..................... 216, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 12 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG(T)-73 ...... University of Rochester, WALLACE O. FENN ........................ 183, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG(T)-78 ...... Syracuse University, F. P. PISKOR ..................................... 141,600
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-14 ........ University of Rochester, R. E. HOPKINS ................................ 75, 000
Conduct research on optical instrumentation suitable for incorpora-
tion in an orbiting astronomical observatory.
NASr-119 ....... Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., A. HERTZRERfi ................. 120, 000
Conduct a research program to determine the nouequilibrium flow
field and the optical radiation around vehicles traveling at high alti-
tudes and superorbitM speeds.
NASr-109 ....... Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., A. HERTZRERG .............. 134, 993
Experimental and theoretical research on the flow of high tempera-
ture hydrogen through jet nozzles.
NASr-121 ....... Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., RICHARD TAYLOR ........... 15,318
Conduct a research study to establish requirements for spaceborne 9, 972
detection, tracking, and navigation systems suitable for use in future
manned spacecraft having rendezvous and lunar landing missions.
NASr-130 ....... Institute of the Aerospace Sciences, J. J. OLENNON .................. 915, 000
Expansion of IAS to enable the Institute to provide a comprehensive
coverage of worldwide published literature in the aerospace sciences.
NASr-156 ....... Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., J. W. FORD ..................... 57, 860
Basic research in techniques for warm fog dispersal designed to
improve airport utilization.
NASr-167 ....... New York University .................................................. 33, 000
NASA-University relationships with particular consideration given
to the problem of institutional liaison.
NASr-168 ....... Columbia University, E. W. BARRETT .................................. 34, 806
The conduct of a seminar of mass media policymakers to determine
and investigate problems in and special requirements for the communi-
cation of public information on space science.
NASr-181 ....... Columbia University, MENELAOS D. I_IASSIALIS ........................ 33, 000
A codification, analysis, and evaluation of existing or derived multi-
disciplinary scientific information relevant to the technical ramifica-
tions and the bases of catastrophic loss or damage associated with space
flight systems.
NASr-183 ....... New York University, CHARLES J'.MARSEL ....................... 30, 000
Investigation of the chemical kinetics of an advanced high-energy
propellant system.
NASw-82 ....... Columbia University, M. EWING ............................... 150, 000
A lunar seismograph (development and analysis of lunar seismo-
graph).
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North Carolina:
NsG-152 ......... Duke University, THOMAS G. WII_ON ................................. $35,243
Conduct research on satellite electrical power conversion systems and
circuit protection.
NsG-363 ......... University of North Carolina, H. A. HASSEN ............................ 40,000
Theoretical study of nonequllibrium ionization in the presence of
electric and magnetic fields.
NsG(T)-16 ...... Duke University, R. L. PREDMORE ..................................... 177, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(I)-31 ..... North Carolina State College, WALTER J. PETERSON ................... 142. 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG(T)-68 ...... University of North Carolina, C. HUGH HOLMAN ....................... 132, 000
Supporting the training oi approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-40 ........ Research Triangle Institute, GER_UDE M. COX ........................
Research for an abstracting and review service for technical literature
on reliability for scientists and engineers.
Ohio:
NsO-ll0 ......... Case Institute of Technology, L. A. SCHMIT, Jr .......................... 53,_0
Research to establish methods of systematic structural synthesis.
NAG-198 ......... Case Institute of Technology, OSMAN MAWARDI ........................ 150,000
Conduct experimental and theoretical research in plasma dynamics.
NsO-213 ......... Ohio State University, CURT LEvis ..................................... 100,000
Theoretical and experimental analysis of the electromagnetic scatter-
ing and radioactive properties of terrain, with emphasis of lunar-like
surfaces (Cont. of JPL N-28111).
NsG-345 ......... Case Institute of Technology, W. TOROCMAN ........................... 24, 525
A investigation of the direct interaction theory of nuclear reactions,
including consideration of the range of validity.
NsG--391 .......... Case Institute of Technology, SIMON OSTRACH .......................... 60,000
A study of the unsteady hydrodynamic behavior of ablative melt
layers.
NAG-437 ......... Fels Research Institute, E. S. VAL_NSTEIN .............................. 29,146
Experimental studies of reinforcing brain stimulation, including con-
sideration of behavioral consequences.
NsG-(T)--42 ..... Case Institute of Technology, Louis GORDON ........................... 268, TOO
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG(T)--43 ...... University of Cincinnati, CAMPRELL CROCkEtt ......................... 141,100
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science aDd training.
NsG-(T)-56 ..... Kent State University, ROBERT WHITE ................................. 25, 500
Supporting the training of approximately 2 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG(T)-66 ...... Ohio State University, A. CARTER BROAD .............................. 112,000
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG(T)-88 ...... Western Reserve University, FRXN_ H. HURLEY ....................... 141, 600
Supporting the training of approximately S predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NASr-12 ........ General Electric Co., H. KIRTCHIK ...................................... 24, 966
Development of analytical methods for determination of oxygen in
potassium metal.
NASr-89 ........ Webb Associates, PAUL WEBS .......................................... 4, 942
Development of information and compiling.
NASr-100(01) .... Battelle Memorial Institute, W. S. HYLZR ............................... 68,9OO
Conduct a mechanical cycling experimental research program to
determine whether there is a significant problem in mechanical fa-
tigue of possible supersonic transport materials due to long-time ther-
mal instability.
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REPORT
TO CONGRESS
Ohio_Contin"ed
NASr-100(02) .... Battelle Memorial Institute, HOWARD R. BATCHELDER ................. $35, 934
Assist in the NASA Industrial Applicatioos Program with the basic
objective of evaluating and bringing to industrial or commercial frui-
tion technological developments resulting from the Nation's space
effort.
NASr-100(03) .... Battelle Memorial Institute,JOH._ F. FOSTER ......................... 40, 000
Conduct experimental research,on techniques and procedures for the
cultivation of hydrogen-fixing bacteria.
NASw-101 ...... Battelle Memorial Institute, R. I.JAFFER ............................... 40, O00
An investigation of impurity elements, structure, and prestrain
on the tensile transition temperature of chromium and chrominm-
rhenium-type derived alloys.
R-8_ ............ U.S.A.F. Aerospace Medical Laboratory, WILLIAM R. BREWSTER, Jr__. 150, 549
Conduct research on the nutritional requirements of man under
simulated space flight stress.
R-87 ............ U.S.A.F. Aerospace Medlc_tl Laboratory, H. S. SCHILDKRArJT ........... 60,000
Oxygen toxicity at the cellular level.
R--90 ............ U.S.A.F. Aerospace Medical Laboroatory, C. CLAUSEE ................. 10, 500
Study to determine selected characteristics of the segments of the
human body.
Oklahoma:
NsG-(T)-36 ..... University of Oklahoma, ARTHUR H. DORRR ........................... 177,000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-67 ..... Oklahoma State University, MARVIN T. EDMISON ...................... 120,000
_Supporting the training of approximately I0 predoctoral graduate
students in science and technology.
Oregon:
NsG(T)-63 ...... Oregon State University, H. P. HANSEN ................................ 149, 400
Supporting the training of approximately 8 prsdoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
Pennsylvania:
NsO-84 .......... Temple University, J. LLOYD BOHN .................................... 25, 187
The production of hypervelocity particles of small size and to increase
the sensitivity of micrometeorite detection techniques.
NsG-114 ......... Pennsylvania State University, WILLIAM J. ROSS ....................... 161,713
The study of ionospheric electron content and distribution using the
satellite doppler effect.
NsO-147 ......... Mellon Institute,DONALD J. PLASEK ................................... 25, 984
Conduct research on viscoelasticbehavior of polymers at long times.
NsO-284 ......... Pennsylvania State University, C. R. BVRNETT ......................... 19, 000
Research on the instabilityand dissnsion processes of a plasma in a
magnetic field.
NAG-335 ........ University of Pennsylvania, ELIZABETH THOROGOOD .................... 84, 030
Conduct research on molecular biology of nitrogen fixing nodules in
common legumes.
NAG--369 ........ Pennsylvania State University, A. $. FERR_ Re ......................... 6, 003
Support of a conference on wave interaction and dynamic nonlinear
phenomena in plasmas.
NsG--410 ........ Lehigh University, P. C. PARIS ..................................... 25, 000
Tbeoretica] and experimental investigations of fatigue crack pro-
pagation, emphasizing the formulation and mathematical analyses of
general mechanical models of crack growth.
NAG--416 ........ University of Pittsburgh, D. HALLIDAY ................................. 500,000
Interdisciplinary space related research in the physical, life, and
engineering sciences.
NsG--466 ........ Lehigh University, F. P. BEER .............................. - ...... 19, 700
Study of atmospheric turbulance and its effect on a vehicle during
launch.
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State
andgrant
contract or
number Organization,
investigator
andpurpose Amount
Pennsylvania--Cn.
NsG-(T)-22 ..... Pennsylvania State University, H. K SC_ILUN6 ........................ $177, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-41 ..... Carnegie Institute of Technology, C. L. MCCAEE ....................... 169, 500
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctorsl graduate
students in space related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-57 ..... LeHigh University, ROSERT D. STOUT .................................. 1,53, 600
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctorsl graduate
students in space related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-69 ..... University of Pennsylvania, A. NORMAN HIXSON ....................__. 192,000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predocteral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-70. .... University of Pittsburgh, PUTMAN F. JONES .......................... 180, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space related science and technology.
NASr-169 ....... University of Plttsburgh, NIEL WALD ................................... 125, 000
Contract to extend the useinllness of cytogenic methodology as a re-
search technique and as a biomedical monitoring.
Rhode Island:
NsG-351 ......... University of Tennessee, HUNO and SINHA .............................. 25, 000
Research in the area of control system theory.
NsG-465 ......... Vanderbilt University, C. W. WIL3ON and R. (}. STEARNS ............. 95, 250
Research on structural deformation and mechanics of origin of the
large wells Creek meteorite impact structure on the surface of the
earth--to be attaine:l by geologic mapping, drilling, and geophysical
investigations for larger-scale features.
NsG(T)-81 ...... University of Tennessee, HILTON A. SMITH ............................. 141,600
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG(T)-85 ...... Vanderbilt University, L. B. BEACH .................................. 153, 600
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predoctoral graduate
students in space-relatad science and technology.
Texas:
Amount
State and grant or Organization, investigator and purpose
contract number
Texas--Con.
NAG-239 ......... Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas, FKZD J. BZNSON .......... $25,000
Interdisciplinary space-oriented research in the physical, life and
engineering sciences.
NAG-256 ......... Agricultural & Mechanical College of Texas, R. E. WAmZRDI .......... 102, 589
Laboratory research on remote automatic neutron activation tech-
niques to determine lunar surface elemental composition.
NAG-263 ......... University of Texas, MATS_ and SCHERK .............................. 3,000
Quantum mechanical calculations and studies on atomic systems of
astrophysical interest.
NAG-269 ......... Grad. Research Center of the Southwest, L. V. BZRKNZR .............. 425, 000
Support of a broad program of fundamental research in earth and
planetary sciences, including development of advanced scientific
experiments in lunar, planetary, and space exploration.
NAG-390 ......... Baylor University College of Medicine, PKTZB KZLLAWAY ............. 29, 729
Study of the physiological mechanism of auditory masking and of
correlations between physiological and psychological observations.
NAG-353 ......... University of Texas, A. A. DOUOAL .................................... 39, 935
Texas--Con.
R-88 ............ U.S.A.F. Aerespace Medical Laboratory, J. W. Fort ................... $19, 500
The effect of a high-oxygen environment on the hematopcetic system
and its ability to respond to stress.
R-89 ............ U.S.A.F. Aerospace Medical Laboratory, E. E. WELCH ................ 69, 905
Investigation of Parameters essential for manned flight operation.
R-99 ............ U.S.A.F. Aerospace Medical Iaboratory, J. E. MOYER and C. H. WARD. 18, 600
Conduct an investigation of ecologic relationships between bacteria
and algae in photosynthetic gas exchangers.
Utah:
NsG-(T)-79 ..... University of Utah, HENRY EYRINO .................................... 141, 600
Supporting the training of approximately 8 predocteral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NaG (T)-80 ...... Utah State University, J. STEWART WILLIAMS .......................... 56,000
Suvporting the training of approximately 4 predocteral graduate
students in space-related scicnes and technology.
NASw-105 ...... University of Utah, C. W. TAYLOR ..................................... 1,360
Predicting success in scientific laberaterice from biographical in.
formation.
Vermont:
NsG-(T)-28 ..... University of Vermont, C. E. BAUM .................................... 48, 700
Supporting the training of approximately 3 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
Virginia:
NAG-106 ......... College of William and Mary, F. R. CROWNFIELD, Jr ................... 25, 000
Radio frequency and microwave spectroscopy of magnetized
plasmas.
NAG-340 ......... University of Virginia, ROMRY and CAT/AN ............................. 81,106
A Study of the thin film vaonu.m deposited junctions.
NAG-396 ......... Hollins College, RO_KRT C. BOLLK8 ..................................... 24, 035
A study of temporal factors controlling animal activity, including
consideration of the extent of which natural rythms may he
changed.
NAG-468 ......... University of Virginia, H. M. PARXER .................................. 12,125
Study of lunar photometric properties and their relation to surface
characteristics.
Ns G (T)_-I 1...... Virginia Polytechnic Institute, WII.SON B. BELL ........................ 177, 000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predocteral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
NsG-(T)-I4 ..... University of Virginia, FRANK L. HERKFORD ........................... 153, 400
Supporting the training oi approximately 10 predoctorai graduate
students in space-related science and Technology.
Washington:
Wisconsin:
NsO-439 ......... University of Wisconsin, ................................................ $74,225
Quantitative investigation of the mineralogy and petrography of
stone and iron meteorites.
NASw-65 ....... University of Wisconsin, V. E. SUOMI ................................... 200,000
Research work which is intended to result in the automatic reduction
and analysis of data from meteorological satellites.
NsG(T)-23 ...... University of Wisconsin, J. W. WILLARD ............................... 183,000
Supporting the training of approximately 10 predoctoral graduate
students in space-related science and technology.
Foreign
NsG-157 ......... University of Berne, JO_NNES GEISS ................................... 22,600
Conduct theoretical studies on the radioactive dating of the lunar
surface.
NsG-259 ......... Max-Planck Inst. Fur Verhaltensphysiologie, :I. ASCHOFF ............... 12, 500
An experimental investigation of human circadian rhythms, Includ-
ing consideration of natural and artificial Zeitgeber.
NsG-349 ......... University of Western Ontario, R. W. NICHOLLS ........................ U0, 0C0
Theoretical and experimental studies in astrophysics.
NsG-367 ......... University of Toronto, J. B. FRENCH .................................... 31, 400
Study of the performance of a high-energy molecular beam apparatus,
and the interaction of the beam with monocrystatline.
NASr-184 ....... University of Puerto Blco, Luoo Luoo ................................. 5, 450
Spanish language instructional materials for the fourth, fifth and
sixth grades.
U.S. National Bureau of Standards, R'. L. BOWLES .............._...... 200, 0G0
Support of pro|ect research at Jicamarca Radar Observatory, Lima,
Peru.