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Mariner 8 (Mariner-H) Mars probe, launched by NASA from ETR, Launch Complex 36, Pad A, at 9: ... been established to deter-mine cause of failure and recommend corrective action required before launching Mariner-I. ''(NASA Proj Off)'' Interview with Tu-144 designer, Academician Aleksey N. Tupolev, was published ...

... overall prospects can be made successfully without forecasting the future political climate." ''(Text)'' 8-31 January: NASA's Mariner 10 probe, launched 3 Nov. 1973, met a number of problems but continued ... . Despite the loss of the prime power chain, causing automatic transfer to the backup system, Mariner 10 's instruments continued scientific studies. Comet Kohoutek's tail was observed in the extreme ...

... inflight measurements obtained with temperature-control flux monitors (TCFM) monitoring solar radiation since Mariners' launch Feb. 24 and March 27 would be compared with preflight predictions ... instruments functioned satisfactorily. ''(NASA Proj Off)'' Smithsonian Institution celebrated 50th anniversary of May 8, 1919, takeoff of first aircraft to cross Atlantic Ocean with display on Washington ...

... April 74, 1; ASTP Communique; Press briefing transcripts, 26 April 74, 3 May 74)'' 8-12 April: Mariner 10 closeup photos of Mercury taken 23 March-5 April showed that many large ... by lava, Dr. Bruce C. Murray -California Institute of Technology scientist and head of the Mariner 10 photo interpretation team-reported to the American Geophysical Union's annual meeting in Washington ... important evidence in deciphering the primordial history of the solar system. The latest results from Mariner 10 's encounter with the planet showed the outer portions of Mercury to be made ...

... 16-118'' '''NASA Remembers American Legend John Glenn''' President Barack Obama presents former United States Marine Corps pilot, astronaut and United States Senator John Glenn with a Medal of Freedom, Tuesday ... his outstanding service, commitment and friendship. Personally, I shall miss him greatly. As a fellow Marine and aviator, he was a mentor, role model and, most importantly, a dear friend. My ...

... had made new determination of radius of planet, based on concurrent ranging from earth to Mariner V near encounter and to surface of Venus. Extrapolations of measurements had given surface ... reached Venus surface, "since this would bring all other data into excellent agreement." ''(Science, 11/8/68, 661-5)'' At press conference, inventor-scientist Stanford R. Ovshinsky described production of ...

... Arab Republic, Sudan, Iraq, Lebanon, Tunisia, Argentina, Jordan, Indonesia, and Ceylon. ''(Av. Wk., 2/8/65, 25)'' The world's first nuclear-powered weather station, designated Navy Oceanographic and ... ," Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL 's Gerald A. Soffen said that "since the decision between Mariner landers and Voyager missions has not been made yet, scientific experimenters have to think ...

... , $143.4 (125.0) million; launch vehicle procurement, $141.9 (145.0) million; bioscience, $41.8 (40.0)-million; space applications, $99.5 (88.0) million. On Office of Advanced Research ... , $54.0 (46.5) million; chemical propulsion, $37.2 (35.0) million; and aeronautics, $66.8 (65.0) million. Sustaining university was $10.0 (no change) million, and technology utilization, $4 ... plans for first Apollo Applications flights in 1970. Two Mars-Mariner flights for 1969 would be the "last in present program." Five Mariner flights in 1970s, two or more Titan III launches ...

... to assemble map of Mars, using more than 100 overlapping pictures taken by Mariner 9 and data from onboard instruments for corresponding surface and atmospheric characteristics. ''(NASA ... 11652 establishing new classification system for Government documents related to national security. March 8: Germ-control and dust-purging techniques developed for spacecraft sterilization were being used ...

... millionth fractions of a second. ''(Tass, FBIS-Sov, 6/9/72, Li)'' June 8-9: NASA'S Mariner 9 spacecraft-orbiting Mars since Nov. 13, 1971-began photographing Mars after two-month ... -based telescopes and obscured from spacecraft by clouds in winter and spring-were taken June 8 and stored before transmission June 9 to Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Goldstone Tracking Station. Pictures ... orbit with 16 900-km (10 500-mi) apogee and 1650-km (1000-mi) perigee. Mariner 9 would take about 500 pictures during next nine weeks. It had taken 6876 photos ...

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