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... Reference Code ''' - 2008.61.118 '''Number of Pages''' - 7 Abstract A concept for a small (~1 kg) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) launched from a lander on Saturn's moon Titan is discussed. This battery-powered vehicle could survey an area of hundreds of square kilometers around the lander over a few hours, providing stereo imagery, boundary-layer meteorological profiles and other data. The cold, thick ...

... Center in July 1978. In August 1979 he completed a 1-year training and evaluation period, making him eligible for assignment as a Mission Specialist Astronaut. He subsequently served as the Astronaut Project ... IV-1), now in service with the U.S. Navy. In a dramatic salvage effort, they also rendezvoused with and returned from space two satellites previously launched into improper orbits, the Indonesian PALAPA ...

... boom of the twentieth century . . . ." ''(Text; Airpower Historian 1/64, 6-10)'' U.S.S.R. announced launching of POLET I (Flight I), a new type of maneuverable spacecraft for use in ... of its kind in the world, A10 is a 1,000-ft-diameter bowl con­structed in a natural bowl formed by several mountain peaks. As a radiotelescope, it should detect radiation from galactic sources considerably more distant than any yet detected. As a radar, it would be the most sensitive instrument yet built for ionospheric research. Dr. Thomas ...

... existence at press conference the previous day. ''(Raymond, NYT, 3/2/64, 1; AP, Wash. Post, 3/2/64, A 1 )'' At Oklahoma City, where FAA was conducting sonic boom tests in preparation ... sonic booms." Testing would continue five more months. ''(Janson, NYT, 3/2/64, 12)'' Frederic A. Louden, 66, former aeronautical engineer at Navy Bureau of Aeronautics until retirement in 1957, died ... research liaison office for NACA and a former member of NASA'S Committee on Aerodynamics. ''(Wash. Post, 3/3/64)'' March 1964 March Mar 1 1964 1 Mar 2 1964 2 Mar 3 ...

... . ''(Houston Post, 6/2/64)'' NASA awarded a $1.2 million contract for the design, development, and construction of a new simulator system for installation in a subsonic jet transport to Cornell Aeronautical Laboratories ... . Propulsion would be provided in gentle acceleration of about 1/4 lb. thrust sustained for periods of weeks. ''(Witkin, NYT, 6/1/64)'' In a letter to Aviation Week, S.B. Kramer suggested ...

... even be using the moon as a base for establishing a weather station to monitor and study terrestrial weather," Dr. White predicted continued NASA-Weather Bureau cooperation: (1) to further develop "satellite visual ... was $835,000 ($626,250 Government, $208,750 contractor). ''( FAA Release 65-24)'' NASA awarded a $1,307,347 firm-price contract to Space Corp, to fabricate, test, assemble, install, and check ...

U.S.S.R. announced it had launched MARS 1 , a 1,970-lb. space probe on seven-month flight to Mars. Launched with an "improved booster" ... earth satellites to communications and meteorology, and advanced research and technology. "Our educational institutions bear a major responsibility for the success of our national effort to explore space. Our universities and ...

... Lacerta, part of the Milky Way. Instead the study had showed it to be a massive object 1 billion light years from the earth with visible light whose brilliance fluctuated radically. ''(NYT ... Satellite Organization (INTELSAT) was held in Acapulco, Mexico. The delegates determined that a 1.106226% investment share would entitle a signatory or group of signatories to representation on the Board of Governors. ''(INTELSAT ...

NASA and Rockwell International Corp. Space Div. had signed a $1.8-billion supplemental agreement for the follow-on development of the Space Shuttle Orbiter, NASA ... cryogenic storage system, and fabrication and evaluation of a testing system. Proposals were to be submitted by 31 October. (SBD, 1 Sept 75, 159) NASA and the U.S. Coast Guard were ...

... had piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft. At a signal given 18 min previously by the Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 spacecraft in orbit around Mars, a 3-m metal arm was activated to cut a red, white, and blue ribbon to officially open ... May 76; W Star, 25 June 76, C-1; 1 July 76, A-1; W Post, 27 June 76, E-1; 1 July 76, B-1; 2 July 76, A-1; NYT, 2 July 76, B12; 4 July 76 ...

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