The file manual specifically excepted: communications satellites (see
UT); and meteorological rockets and satellites
(see SC).
OS: Outer Space
Executive 275 pp. / General 35 pp.
Material on the U.S. space program, including NASA funding concerns,
planned programs and annual reports; and related matters, including recognition
for Dr. Werner von Braun.
OS 1: Accidents
No materials were filed in this category.
OS 2: Launching Sites - Tracking Stations
No materials were filed in this category.
OS 3: Space Flight
Executive 550 pp. / General 25 pp.
Material on the US space program, especially on the Apollo-Soyuz Test
Project and associated public relations matters; but also on Earth Resources
Technology Satellite system, the space shuttle, the Viking I Mars mission,
de- orbit of the Skylab booster rocket, launching invitations, Landsat
satellites, overseas transfer of technology, the Convention on Registration
of Objects Launched Into Outer Space, and the proposed 1976 Earth Resources
Information Satellite System Act.
OS 3-1: Astronauts
Executive 110 pp. / General 12 pp.
Material, primarily cross-references, on astronauts including awards,
travel, public appearances, and the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, especially
the President's meetings with the US astronauts and the Soviet cosmonauts.
OS 4: Space Research
Executive 4 pp. / General none
Cross-references on Viking I, the International Astronautical and Space
Research Exhibit, and a Presidential meeting with NASA Administrator James
Fletcher and others.
OS 5: Unidentified Flying Objects
Executive 8 pp. / General 13 pp.
Items reflecting public interest in UFO's.
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