Ordnance Department directed that the Hermes contract with General Electric Company be amended to transfer responsibility for the Hermes C1 project to the Ordnance Guided Missile Center.

A letter contract was signed by NASA with NAA's Rocketdyne Division for the development of the H-1 rocket engine, designed for use in a clustered-engine booster. References: 16 .

At an Army Advanced Research Projects Agency conference, the Army was advised there was little chance for approval of Project Adam. References: 483 .

NASA selected NAA to develop the second stage (S-II) for the advanced Saturn launch vehicle. The cost, including development of at least ten vehicles, would total about $140 million. The S-II configuration provided for four J-2 liquid-oxygen - liquid-hydrogen engines, each delivering 200,000 pounds of thrust. References: 18 , 27 .

High resolution photo reconnaissance satellite; returned film capsule References: 1 , 2 , 6 .

Two major directions were identified for manned space flight in the next decade. These were further exploration of the Moon, with possibly the establishment of a lunar surface base, and the continued development of manned flight in Earth orbit, leading to a permanent manned space station supported by a low-cost shuttle system. To maintain direction, the following key milestones were proposed: 1972 - AAP operations using a Saturn V launched Workshop 1973 - Start of post-Apollo lunar exploration 1974 - Start of suborbital flight tests of Earth to orbit shuttle - Launch of a second Saturn V Workshop 1975 - Initial space station operations - Orbital shuttle flights 1976 - Lunar orbit station - Full shuttle operations 1977 - Nuclear stage flight test 1978 - Nuclear shuttle operations-orbit to orbit 1979 - Space station in synchronous orbit By 1990 - Earth orbit space base - Lunar surface base - Possible Mars landing

Initial launch of a Thor/Block 5D-I from the West Coast. References: 88 .

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 .

Statsionar 1. Provision of uninterrupted round the clock telephone and telegraph radiocommunication in the USSR and simultaneous transmission of colour and black-and-white USSR central television programmes to stations in the Orbita network. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 67 , 274 .

Investigation of the upper atmosphere and outer space. References: 1 , 2 , 5 , 6 , 64 , 65 .

Photo/digital surveillance. References: 1 , 2 , 6 .

Completed installation of VDU thruster pod on Sofora tower. References: 66 .

Geostationary at 119.0W. References: 4 .