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... than 20 sputniks. ‘‘(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 1/3/66)’’ Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC Nimbus Project Manager Harry Press told Aviation Week that Nimbus B would move NASA’s weather satellite program ... . In addition, 1,000 to 3,000 super-pressure balloons would be floated at six different atmospheric levels to measure wind, pressure, temperature, humidity, and overpressure. NASA Nimbus B meteorological satellite, scheduled ...

... million would be retained; program change necessitated by May 18 destruction of Nimbus B would result in launch of replacement, Nimbus B2, in spring 1969. Aeronautics R&D budget would remain at ... /68, A4; Finney, NYT, 10/3/68, 1; Lardner, W Post, 10/5/68, 1)'' NASA said spacecraft and parts of Agena 2nd stage of Nimbus B weather satellite launched unsuccessfully May ... contained three pounds of plutonium. AEC had spent $200,000 searching for missing nuclear sources. Nimbus B had been destroyed shortly after launch when it veered off course. ''(NASA Release 68 ...

... 3,443 mph (mach 4.85) and 249,000-ft. altitude by Maj. William J. Knight (USAF) on star-tracking mission. ''( X-15 Proj. Off.)'' Two tape recorders in NASA's NIMBUS ... the atmosphere. Failure of second recorder, used in measuring satellite's engineering performance, would force NIMBUS II to transmit information each time it passed a ground station instead of storing it for more convenient playback. Since its launch by NASA May 15, NIMBUS II had met all mission objectives and transmitted more than 200,000 weather photos on ...

Image:Nimbus.jpg 200px Image:Nimbus_(2).jpg 200px Nimbus 1 satellite Category:Spacecraft

... and Tracking and Data Acquisition. He discussed the Tiros meteorological satellite system and described the Nimbus advanced meteorological satellite, first of which would be launched in 1963, and said: "Each one ... , including all these; represents an extremely large step for­ ward beyond the Tiros capability. The Nimbus technical diffi­culties of the past were associated with the development of these five elements ... Release 63-72)'' April 1963 April Apr 1 1963 1 Apr 2 1963 2 Apr 3 1963 3 Apr 4 1963 4 Apr 5 1963 5 Apr 6 1963 6 Apr 7 ...

... 6-km (36.4-mi) altitude to obtain ozone measurements in conjunction with overpass of Nimbus IV satellite. Rocket and instruments functioned satisfactorily. Launch was second in series of two; first ... Landing Commemorative Trust Fund." Measure was referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. ''(CR, 3/3/71, H1254)'' February 1971 February March 1971 March Mar 1 1971 1 Mar 2 ...

... colleagues on the subcommittee have told me they know nothing about the A-11. . . ." ''(CR, 3/3/64,4006-07)'' Sen. William Proxmire (D.-Wis.) inserted into the Congressional Record an editorial ... could well make for speedier progress in the end-not to mention sounder investments." ''(CR, 3/3/ 64, 4067)'' Spokesman for Maser Optics, Inc., said "laser rifle" had been delivered to Army ... Release 64-19)'' March 1964 March Mar 1 1964 1 Mar 2 1964 2 Mar 3 1964 3 Mar 4 1964 4 Mar 5 1964 5 Mar 6 1964 6 Mar 7 ...

... lifting 240,000 lbs. from the earth and orbiting 90,000 lbs. ''(Kansas City Times, 3/3/65)'' Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF), addressing American Management Assn. conference in New York City ... Atlas booster. ''(2) continue Asset experiments to test vehicles entering atmosphere at very high speeds. ''(3) study effects of vehicles passing through atmosphere at slower speeds, and (41 relate to allied ...

... bill, he would have to give up his military status and retirement benefits. ''(CR, 6/3/65, 11961; AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 6/4/65)'' American Telephone and Telegraph Co, made ... TV service to and from Europe in ventures with various European communications carriers. ''(WSJ, 6/3/65, 4)'' In an article suggesting the possibility of catastrophe during the Gemini GT-4 ... responsibility be fixed: As pilot error . , or politician's error?" ''(Hines, Wash, Eve, Star, 6/3/65)'' Lockheed Missiles and Space Co. was awarded a $10,789,000 increment to an ...

... , Initial orbital data: apogee, 300 km. (187 mi.); perigee, 184 km. (114 mi,) ; period, 89.3 min,; inclination to the equator, 51.8°. Tass said the unmanned satellite would gather data ... ) first extensive use of multi-engine power plants and liquid hydrogen fuel for upper stages; (3) advances in the fields of rocket guidance and instrumentation; (4) expansion of facilities and development ... Saturn launch September 18, 1964, orbiting a 39,200-lb, payload. ''(Ward, Huntsville Times, 8/3/65)'' House Committee on Science and Astronautics began hearings on H.R. 2626, a bill ...

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