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...Socorro, N. Mex. NASA will also launch several rockets carrying instruments to observe the comet from above the earth's obscuring atmosphere. Mariner 10, an unmanned spacecraft scheduled to be launched on Nov. 3 for a flyby of Venus and Mercury, will transmit a TV picture of Kohoutek. Pioneer 8, another satellite already in orbit around the sun, should be in position in early January to transmit radio signals through the comet's tail, thus providing clues to its makeup. Even the space agency's large Goldstone antenna in California's Mojave Desert will be mobilized...
Died. Sir Alan Cobham, 79, pioneer of commercial aviation in the 1920s and '30s, who originated the probe-and-drogue mid-air refueling system still in use today; in Bournemouth, England. Determined to demonstrate the feasibility of long-distance flying, Cobham and his wife in 1927 successfully completed a 23,000-mile flight around Africa in a 1,400-h.p. "flying boat...
...scholar in medieval art, a pioneer in contemporary art, but most of all a great teacher," Coolidge said. "He was the father of the department. I don't think he ever had a student or colleague who wasn't fond...
...Fine Arts, lauded Deknatel for his contributions to the appreciation of modern art. "When Professor Deknatel began teaching modern art at Harvard in the 1930s not many people either knew or cared about the difference between a Picasso or a Matisse," Slive said. "Today things are different. His pioneer work and the scores of students he trained helped bring about the change...
...medal, named for Joseph Henry, the pioneer American physicist and first Secretary of the Smithsonian, is presented to those individuals whose careers have combined unusual personal accomplishments in the arts or sciences with extraordinary service to their nation. The medal has been presented only four times since...