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... dust clouds, roads, and other small features. ‘‘(AP, Houston Post, 1/6/66)’’ NASA’s decision to launch Mariner E - MARINER IV ’s backup probe-to Venus rather than Mars was criticized by ... the Washington Evening Star: “As a Venus probe, just about everything conceivable is wrong with Mariner-E. Its solar panels are too big, but without them its center of gravity would ... object with a dense one. “Another Mariner flight to Mars promises far greater return . . . than a jury-rigged mission to Venus.” ‘‘(Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 1/6/66) January 1966 January Jan ...

... 41 million mi and 39 million mi from earth. Mariner VI , scheduled for July 31 flyby, was 9 million mi from Mars; Mariner VII , scheduled for Aug. 5 flyby, was 11 million ... live in a rather backward age and most of them are hungry." ''(W Star, 7/6/69, D14)'' July 1969 July Jul 1 1969 1 Jul 2 1969 2 Jul 3 1969 3 Jul 4 1969 4 Jul 5 1969 5 Jul 6 1969 6 Jul 7 1969 7 Jul 8 1969 8 Jul 9 1969 9 Jul 10 ...

... Dr. S. Ichtiaque Rasool, Deputy Director of Planetary Programs, in telephone interview. NASA also released Mariner 9 photos of sites-two at edge of Nix Olympica slopes, another near slopes of ... plain, and fifth in region of flattened craters at edge of highland terrain. Observations from Mariner 9 (launched May 30, 1971) had shown sites were low, relatively warm regions, possibly moist ... km ''(23 million mi) of sun. Second launch was planned for 1975. ''(Av Wk, 11/6/72, 9)'' Air Force Systems Command successfully completed two subsystem tests of new high-altitude ...

... highly sensitive instruments, in this case a spectrometer. SOFIA provides both capabilities." The Viking and Mariner missions of the 1970s made the last measurements of atomic oxygen in the Martian atmosphere ... hometown, is a retired colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps. Bresnik received his commission in May 1989 and was designated a Marine Corps aviator in 1992. He flew the F/A-18 Hornet in support of Operation Southern Watch and Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has accumulated more than 6,000 hours ...

... April 6, 2017. Gen. Robert Neller, Commandant of the Marine Corps, served as funeral officer and presented Glenn's flag to his wife Annie. The ceremony was carried out by Marines from Marine Barracks ...

Image:Mariner_C.jpg 200px Mariner C spacecraft Category:Spacecraft

... and using sensors without the shortcomings of many commonly-used liquid storage measurement systems. Traditional marine fuel-gauge float systems can provide inaccurate readings because of a boat's movement. A ... other non-fuel liquid contaminants in a tank. While this particular system is for a marine application, it easily could be modified for other uses. NASA approved a partially-exclusive license ... component of the shuttle's twin solid rocket boosters, generates an average thrust of 2.6 million pounds and is just over 126 feet long and 12 feet in diameter. -end ...

Image:Mariner1.jpg 200px Mariner 1 spacecraft Category:Spacecraft

File:65-07-16_mariner_4_press_conf.wav.mp4 Category:Audio

... MARINER IV , after 159 days in space, was 72 million mi, from earth, had travelled 243 ... the orbiting satellite which, in turn, would relay data to ground stations. ''(Hughes, CSM, 5/6/65)'' Russian communications satellite MOLNIYA I , because of its higher and sharply elongated orbit, could ...

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