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'''Author - G.L. Matloff et al '''Co-Author(s)''' - G. Matloff; L. Johnson; C. Maccone '''JBIS Volume ''' - Contents of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society for Volume 60 60 '''Page ''' - 439-442 '''Year''' - 2007 '''Keywords''' - Heliopause, solar sail, Kuiper Belt objects, radioisotope electric propulsion '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2007.60.439 '''Number of Pages''' ...

... million km from the sun, 3 million km closer than its twin, Helios 1 , launched 10 Dec. 1974. Each Helios carried 7 experiments of West German scientists and 3 from the U ... in space, whose cause and source had not been identified since discovery in 1969. Combining Helios data with information from other satellites might pinpoint the direction of the sources and permit ... transmission. Scientists also hoped for more information on the unexpected concentration of micrometeorites found by Helios 1 ; about 15 times more of these particles were detected within 53 million km of ...

... spacecraft toward the sun with the greatest speed ever imparted to a man-made object,. Helios' spacecraft velocity at insertion into trajectory would approximate 58 000 km per hr (36 000 ... to within 45 million km (28 million mi) of the sun. Helios-B's target point would be determined by Helios-A results. Objectives of the project, named for the Greek god ... NASA liftoff control, by West Germany's control center at Oberpfaffenhofen. Co-chairmen of the Helios Working Group were Gilbert W. Ousley, Chief of Goddard Space Flight Center 's International Projects ...

... come to the sun. During the perihelion, while traveling at 238 000 km per hr, Helios 1 measured the solar wind, magnetic fields, solar and galactic cosmic rays, electromagnetic waves, micrometeoroids ... 1976. (NASA MORs 16 Jan 76, 11 April 76,; Powers, GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER GSFC Helios thermal control mgr, interview, 21 Sept 76) NASA announced establishment of the Office of Program ...

... , boost-pump operation experiment with igniter on, and zero-g boost-pump dead-head operation. Helios 1 was to investigate the fundamental solar processes and solar-terrestrial relations by studying the ... medium-gain antenna would be used during selected periods. To prepare for its demanding mission, Helios 1, designed to withstand the highest temperatures ever demanded of a spacecraft, had been successfully ...

... Young, “Kennedy Takes Over KSC,” Florida Today (Brevard, FL), 27 June 2003. The remotely operated Helios Prototype aircraft crashed into the Pacific Ocean during a test flight within the confines of ... NASA had sponsored and funded under the Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology program. (NASA, “Helios Prototype Solar Aircraft Lost in Flight Mishap,” news release 03-219, 27 June 2003, http ...

... Germany: Aeros 2 to measure aeronomic parameters of the upper atmosphere and solar ultraviolet radiation, Helios 1 into solar orbit to investigate interstellar space closer to the sun than any previous ... orbit and was destroyed during launch operations. The new NASA launch vehicle later successfully launched Helios 1. Italian launch crews, using NASA launch vehicles, launched two satellites into earth orbit from ...

... calling for NASA and West German Ministry for Scientific Research cooperation on Helios. Most advanced international scientific space program, Helios would consist of two solar probes carrying 10 scientific experiments 28 million ...

... & Space Technology: Dornier Aeros satellite had been cleared for December launch by NASA. Integration of Helios solar research satellite prototype would begin in early 1973 at Messerschmitt-Boelkow- Blohm's Ottobrunn facility. First Helios was scheduled for mid-1974 launch by NASA, to fly within 37 million km ''(23 ...

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