Luna-10 goes into orbit around moon
The Soviet Union to-day [April 4, Moscow] announced that its Luna-10 spacecraft has gone into orbit as the first man-made satellite of the moon. The successful unmanned moon shot was announced triumphantly to 5,000 cheering delegates at the Soviet Communist Party’s 23 Congress in the Kremlin this morning [April 4]. The spacecraft was put on a near-lunar orbit last night [April 3]. The delegates were told the Luna-10 mission “solved a most complicated scientific and technical problem and thus opens up a new page in the exploration of the moon.” The Tass said the satellite, launched on Thursday [March 31], carried scientific instruments for the exploration of near lunar space, but it made no mention of cameras. If Luna-10 can take pictures of the moon from various angles, with the sun’s rays casting different shadows, it could aid in preparation of more detailed maps of the barren surface than is possible from earth, and help scientists pick a landing place for the first manned moon flight.
UGC pay scales for teachers
The Union Education Minister, Mr. Chagla, announced in the Lok Sabha to-day [April 4, New Delhi] that the Government of India has decided to accept the recommendations of the U.G.C. for revision of scales of pay of university and college teachers and to give special assistance to the State Governments for implementing these recommendations with effect from April 1, 1966. The assistance from the Centre will be given for a period of five years. The pattern of Central assistance in respect of the university teachers will be the same as in the last two Plans, namely 80 per cent of the additional expenditure involved.
