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ASTP Apollo Set for Splashdown Today Space NI\SJ\ Vol. 14, No. 15 John F. Kennedy Space Center Ju Iy 24, 1975 ASTP Apollo Set For Splashdown Today The Apollo Soyuz Test Project The ASTP mission, which laid a will conclude this evening when as­ foundation for future international tronauts Tom Stafford, Vance space ventures, met all major objec­ Brand and "Deke" Slayton guide tives, according to both U.S. and their Apollo spaceship to a watery Soviet officials. landing some 345 miles west of Internationally, the mission gen­ Honolulu, Hawaii. erated considerable interest. Splashdown will occur at ap­ Through the miracle of worldwide proximately 5:18 p.m. EDT at 22 television, hundreds of millions of degrees north latitude and 163 de­ people around the globe watched as grees west longitude. astronauts and cosmonauts gave vis­ The Soyuz spacecraft, piloted by ibility to detente. cosmonauts Aleksey Leonov and Between bear hugs, fruit-juice Valeriy Kubasov, landed safely last toasts and dinner parties Monday northeast of the Soviet town of Arkalyk in Kazakhstan, six See Photos, page 3 miles from the planned target point. amongst the stars, the spacemen of The Apollo crew and spacecraft both nations gave ample proof that will be recovered by the helicopter ASTP was a serious scientific en­ ~ ~ carrier New Orleans. The astronauts deavor as well. They conducted 27 Cosmonauts Valeriy Kubasov and Aleksey Leonov talk with astro­ will be flown to Ellington Air Force experiments in all - five jointly ­ naut Tom Stafford after their historic space meeting. Inset shows Base near Houston, arriving Satur­ and practiced rendezvous and Apollo (foreground) as it approached Soyuz prior to docking. day at 8 a.m. EDT. docking techniques which are appli­ cable to future international mis­ sions and the rescue of stranded Managers, Visitors Pay Tribute To Launch Tearn space travelers. Launch activities went smoothly They helped create the space time, getting the vehicle ready un­ ship." It is just that. It's a feeling of on both sides of the Atlantic, al­ age. They re-wrote Jules Verne. der the very real pressure of trying purpose. It's a feeling of dedication though public accessibility to the They let men touch the stars. to meet the window, and by golly, to other team members. It's like be­ launch sites differed sharply. The Who are they? They're the mem­ you made it. You're the greatest, ing on a sports team - giving your only Americans invited to view the bers of the greatest launch team in and we thank you." all, paying any price in order to Soyuz launch from Baikonur were the world - Kenney Space Center's What made the "great" team win. U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet own. Young describes? It takes a lot to be on the team. Union Walter Stoessel and Mrs. They're unique. Collectively, Experience. The Saturn launch Those on the team know it and talk Stoessel; Willis Shapley, NASA As­ they have skills no other group can team was formed at Complexes 34 about it. sociate Deputy Administrator; and match - built up over years of and 37 in the mid sixties. Its size (See TEAM, Page 7) (See SPLASHDOWN, Page 8) launching men and machines into and competence grew with the Cen­ outer space. ter's development. The team ex­ See related stories, pages 4-5 panded to include Complex 39 and the launch of the first Saturn V, SA We know they're special. And 501, on November 9,1967. the world does too. During the next five years, it Through the years of successes, launched II more Saturn V's; all of they have collected praises from them successful, all of them his­ representatives of almost every toric. country in the world, including Even more demands were placed Ambassador Dobrynin from the on the team in the Skylab program, Soviet Union who told them July with four launches required in six IS, "My heart is with you doing months. this very nice job. I should say that But they did it. And this month without your magnificent perform­ all these years of experience have ance here ... the whole project culminated in the launch of the last would be impossible ... Well done Saturn vehicle for the Apollo Soyuz and thank you very much." Test Project. The astronauts who trusted their In addition to this skill and lives to the team's competence have training, however, there is another also paid them tribute. Apollo 10 factor, not often delineated, that crewman John Young "said, "The makes the difference between KSC LAUNCH DIRECTOR Walter Kapryan (left) and KSC Di­ difference between mediocrity and "mediocrity" and "greatness." rector Lee Scherer (second from left) talk with the Soviet Ambassa­ greatness is this launch test Fortune Magazine has described dor to the United States Anatoliy Dobrynin (right) and Mrs. Dob­ team ... trouble shooting in real that factor as a "mystical comrade- rynin in the Firing Room following the ASTP launch. Page 2 SPACEPORT NEWS July 24, 1975 KSC Director Praises Launch Team FLIGHT. RESEARCH CENTER (Editor's Note: Following the ASTP Apollo/Saturn launch KSC Di­ rector Lee Scherer made the [allowing statement to the personnel in Firing Room 3.) "We've just seen another truly professional performance from a great team. All good things must come to an end and it seems like this is an appropriate time for the Saturn launch program to end. And it's being done with a particularly important mission. A few of you have received specific individual recognition for your part in this program - most of you have not and that's the way it is with a large team. But all of you can take with you the self esteem, perhaps the greatest reward of all, from the fact that you've been a member of a team that made a fan­ tastic contribution to our country. And now as you go your separate ways over these next few weeks I'd like to thank all of you and wish you the best in your future ventures. God speed to you al1." 0 New Regulations For Health Claims TODD GROO (left), NASA Associate Administrator for Center Op­ Final regulations for resolving the denial by the Civil Service Com­ erations, and David Scott, Director of the Flight Research Center, disputes between Federal Em­ mission's Bureau of Retirement, In­ break ground for a new Space Shuttle hangar at FRe. The hangar is ployees, annuitants, and survivors surance, and Occupational Health. being built by the Sante Fe Engineers, Inc., Lancaster, CA., under covered under the Federal Em­ Also, if the carrier again denies contract to KSC. ployees Health Benefits program the claim, the carrier must explain and their health insurance carriers the denial in detail and inform the were recently published by the Civil claimant of his or her right to re­ Service Commission. Procedures for quest review by the Bureau within resolving such disputes are as fol­ 90 days. IS Director F. Miller To Retire lows: When necessary, the Bureau may The claimant's written request request other information, in­ must be made within one year of cluding an advisory opinion from Frederic H. Miller, Director of During World War II he com­ the denial to the health insurance an independent physician. As in all Installation Support at the Ken­ manded a B-24 liberator combat carrier which denied the claim. The matters pertaining to medical nedy Space Center since 1967, will group in the European theater and carrier is required to respond within records, all medical information retire on July 28, ending 43 years later served as Director of Current 30 days after receipt of the will be treated confidentially. of federal service. Operations for the U.S. Strategic claimant's request unless the carrier The Bureau will notify both the Miller, a retired Air Force major Air Force Headquarters in Europe. needs additional information to carrier and the claimant of its final general, joined NASA in 1966, serv­ For three years he worked in the make a determination. Counting decision within 30 days of receipt ing as KSC's Deputy Director of Pentagon for the Assistant Secre­ the time needed to receive the addi­ of the information needed to re­ Administration and Chief of the tary of Defense for International tional information from the claim­ solve the dispute, and the Bureau's Resources Management Office. He Security Affairs, serving as Director ant, the carrier may have up to an decision will constitute a final ad­ was appointed Director of Installa­ of the European Region. additional 60 days to respond. ministrative decision. tion Support in October 1967 by Miller retired from the Air Force If the carrier fails to respond The new regulations will apply former Center Director Dr. Kurt while commanding the Middletown within the required time limit, the to all claims for health services ren­ Debus. Air Materiel Command in claimant may request a review of dered on or after January 1, 1975. In his present capacity, Miller Pennsylvania, completing a 34-year exercises day-to-day cognizance of military aviation career that began the Center's principal support con­ with the liberty engined, fabric­ tractors, Boeing, Expedient Ser­ winged aircraft of yesteryear. vices, Inc., New World Services, At­ "I consider Apollo to be one of Iantic Technical Services, and the great engineering an~ scientific McGregor & Werner, Inc. achievements of all time," said Mil­ Miller is a graduate of Purdue ler. "I have been extremely University and holds a master's de­ fortunate to participate in the pro­ gree in business administration gram." from the University of Penn­ Miller resides on Merritt Island sylvania.
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