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... (D.-Calif.), Chairman of House Committee on Science and Astronautics, reviewed Centaur development in speech on the House floor : ". . . Centaur began as a low-priority, financially austere feasibility study, in competition with ... led to its cancellation in June 1962." He called the Nov. 27 flight test of AC-2 "a significant advance in the development of a new technology upon which much of America ...

... propor­tional counters, aspect camera, and attitude control system ''(ACS)''. ACS performance was poor because of timer malfunction; performance of ... con­struction of facilities, $45 million; and administrative operations, $648.2 million. ''(NASA LAR VII/8)'' S-II 2nd stage ... with India. India's Dept of Atomic Energy planned Centaure manufacturing unit at TERLS, and INCOSPAR would build ...

... $3.412 million contract with General Dynamics was for design and development of two modified Centaur vehicles. A $.933 million contract with United Technologies Corporation would cover building four RL10-3-3A rocket engines, two of which would provide primary thrust for one Centaur. Work under these contracts would continue through September 1981; they were all to support the ... Release 81-21) May 1981 May June 1981 June Jun 1 1981 1 Jun 2 1981 2 Jun 3 1981 3 Jun 4 1981 4 Jun 5 1981 5 Jun 6 1981 ...

Two seconds after lift-off, NASA's Atlas-Centaur 5, carrying a dummy Surveyor spacecraft, exploded and burned on Launch Pad 36-B at ... of the Atlas-Centaur test had been to test the ability of its guidance system and hydrogen-powered second stage to send a payload the size of the 2,150-lb, Surveyor ... were invited to suggest experiments (1) involving the design and construction of entire spacecraft and (2) involving special characteristics or requirements calling for the development of a new Explorer spacecraft or ...

... . On Thursday, Aug. 4, journalists can visit NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston from 2:30 to 4 p.m. CDT for the Desert RATS team's final dry run ... platform to provide astronauts transportation between sites of interest. -- Robonaut 2 /Centaur 2. Mounted on a wheeled base called Centaur 2, NASA's Robonaut 2 robotic astronaut assistant becomes R2C2. It can remotely scout areas for ...

... : Twelfth Congress of the International Astronautical Federation held in Washington, D.C. October 2: NASA Deputy Administrator Dryden and Soviet Academy of Sciences official Dr. Leonid I. Sedov both ... equipment for the Centaur engine Centaur rocket, radiation sensors, and a nose cone intended for the Minuteman . Data capsule was recovered. October 1961 October Oct 1 1961 1 Oct 2 1961 2 Oct 3 ...

... Network see Jan. 20 . The spacecraft would go into synchronous-transfer orbit on an Atlas Centaur from ETR's launch complex 36. FltSatCom, a highly versatile military-communications system built by ... about 390kg (8601b), more than any satellite previously launched into synchronous orbit on an Atlas Centaur, NASA's standard launch vehicle for intermediate-weight payloads. (NASA Release 78-17; MOR M ... ; Feb 6/78) January 1978 January February 1978 February Feb 1 1978 1 Feb 2 1978 2 Feb 3 1978 3 Feb 4 1978 4 Feb 5 1978 5 Feb 6 1978 ...

Image:AtlasCentaur2.jpg 200px Atlas Centaur 2 launch vehicle Category:Launch Vehicle

... Acting Director after Allen's retirement, had become seriously ill. Parsons died March 2, 1969. ''(NASA Ann, 12/2/68; ARC Memo from Director to Staff, 3/3/69)'' U.S.S ... ; his brother died in 1951 Soviet name for crater, Brothers Vavilov, had not yet been ac­credited by International Astronomical Union. ''(NYT, 12/3/68, 36)'' President Johnson presented 1968 Enrico ... produced enriched uranium by gaseous-diffusion process. ''(W Post, 12/2/68, A3)'' December 1968 December Dec 1 1968 1 Dec 2 1968 2 Dec 3 1968 3 Dec 4 1968 4 Dec ...

... report based on NASA’s authorization hearings and two days of specific testimony on the Centaur program. NAA announced that the 1961 Robert J. Collier Trophy, U.S. aviation's highest ... , will have been retrained and placed in new jobs by the end of 1962. July 2-5: Spacecraft FRIENDSHIP 7 was publicly displayed in Rangoon, Burma; it left Rangoon on July 5 for Thailand. July 1962 July Jul 1 1962 1 Jul 2 1962 2 Jul 3 1962 3 Jul 4 1962 4 Jul 5 1962 5 Jul 6 ...

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