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... for Volume 59 59 '''Page ''' - 68-70 '''Year''' - 2006 '''Keywords''' - Beam driven sail, solar sail, Cosmos-1 '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2006.59.68 '''Number of Pages''' - 3 Abstract The Planetary Society planned to launch Cosmos-1, the first solar sail in 2005. We planned an experiment to irradiate the sail ...

... Abstract A companion paper has reviewed the various series of satellites launched using the small Cosmos-2/2M vehicle during 1961- 1977 1 . The present paper presents a review of the ...

... , 4/22/63, in CR, 5/1/63, 7123-24)'' U.S.S.R. placed COSMOS XV scientific earth satellite in orbit (apogee 317 km.; perigee, 173 km.; period, 89.77 min ...

Cosmos CCXXXIII was launched from Plesetsk Cosmodrome by U.S.S.R. into orbit with 1, ... . ''(NASA Release 68-128; MSFC Release 68-158)'' Ryan Vertifan, jet V/STOL aircraft designated XV-5B by NASA, was un­dergoing flight tests at Ryan Aeronautical Co. in San Diego ... wings and driven by jet exhaust provided lift for vertical takeoff, hovering, and vertical landing. XV-5B was im­proved version of Ryan Aeronautical Co. research aircraft built for USA; modifications ...

U.S.S.R. launched Luna XV unmanned spacecraft from Baikonur into selenocentric orbit to conduct "further scientific studies of the moon ... launch of NASA'S Apollo 11 manned lunar landing mission. There was speculation that Luna XV was Soviet attempt to land spacecraft on moon and return it to earth with sample ... its terrestrial bounds to provide our first personal knowledge of the nearest neighbor in the cosmos. It is an inspiring adventure, a testimony not only to man's imagination in amassing ...

... for chemically powered engines. U.S.S.R.'s 70 payloads included 55 Cosmos satellites and 2 Inter-cosmos, 2 Meteor spacecraft Meteor , 1 Luna, 1 Zond, 5 Soyuz, and 2 Venus ... three successive days, rendezvoused in orbit and performed experiments including photography, communications, and welding. Luna XV , apparent unmanned challenger to NASA's Apollo 11 for first lunar landing and return, ...

... . J. Victor Lebacqz, Acting Associate Administrator for NASA's Office of Aerospace Technology, described the XV-15 ~ a unique type of aircraft possessing the takeoff, hover, and landing capabilities of a ... -rotor flight research had begun in the 1950s with the Bell XV-3 convertiplane. In 1977 the first of two XV-15s built by Bell Helicopter-Textron had made its maiden flight. The XV-15 had achieved speed and altitude records for its class, receiving multiple awards from national ...

... NASA-Army tilt rotor program," according to a NASA announcement. The Bell Helicopter Textron's XV-15 would undergo a 2-yr flight-testing program scheduled by Ames Research Center and ... operate with less noise than conventional helicopters or turboprop aircraft of comparable size. The first XV-15 would undergo ground and hover tests, then go to ARC for testing in that center's wind tunnel; the second XV-15 would undergo initial envelope-expansion flight tests at Bell's Arlington, Tex., facility beginning ...

... next few years. Dr. Paine praised U.S.S.R.'s cooperation in providing Luna XV information to Astronaut Frank Borman see July 18 . He also said if Astronaut Neil A ... beware of this worship." ''(Schmick, 13 Sun, 7/21/69, A4)'' Tass announced that Luna XV was still functioning normally in lunar orbit with 109.4-km (68-mi) apolune, 16 ... ° inclination. Sir Bernard Lovell , Director of U.K.'s Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, said Luna XV had conducted two midcourse corrections and speculated that spacecraft was preparing either to land or ...

... -238) Calspan Corp. of Buffalo, N.Y., reported it was continuing technical work on the XV-15 tilt-rotor research aircraft from Bell Helicopter Textron that made its maiden flight earlier ... a $678 000 contract to design and fabricate the automatic flight-control system for the XV-15, and a $62 000 contract to support ground and flight checkout of the system. NASA's ARC had awarded Calspan a $117 000 contract to study modifications of future XV-15s to adapt the craft for research into its handling qualities. (Calspan News, Nov 77 ...

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