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... landing program. Dr. William Pickering , Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL which is responsible for Ranger project management as well as its tracking and communications through Deep Space Network , said of ... a future shot" NASA planned three more Ranger TV flights this year. ''(Witkin, NYT, 2/3/64; UPI, Wash. Post, 2/3/64; AP, Wash. Post, 2/3/64)'' Sir Bernard Lovell , Director of Jodrell Bank Experimental Station which tracked RANGER VI on its course ...

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... to suggest experiments (1) involving the design and construction of entire spacecraft and (2) involving special characteristics or requirements calling for the development of a new Explorer ... from the funds already invested." ''(Text)'' Prof. Thomas Gold, Cornell Univ. astronomer, discussing RANGER VIII photographs in an interview with John Lear, World Book Encyclopedia Science Service, Inc ...

... 250 million readings from its six scientific instruments covering 3,300 separate measurements and taken 2.5 million readings of 100 engineering measurements. It had also registered solar wind speed of ... created world’s fist fully operational weather-forecasting satellite network. ‘‘(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 3/2/66; AP, Balt. Sun, 3/3/66)’’ NASA successfully launched two companion sounding rockets five ... carried on five manned missions. “The list of US. space firsts was extended during 1965. Ranger IX took the first close-up pictures of the floor of a lunar crater. For ...

... overheating in RANGER V lunar probe, which failed to generate power after launch Oct. 18, 1962, and passed within 450 mi. of moon Oct. 21. ''(Wash. Eve. Star, 7/2/63)'' In ... years. ''(AP, NYT, 7/3/63)'' July 1963 July Jul 1 1963 1 Jul 2 1963 2 Jul 3 1963 3 Jul 4 1963 4 Jul 5 1963 5 Jul 6 1963 ...

... Miller (D.-Calif.) - NASA Administrator James E. Webb detailed findings of committees investigating failure of RANGER VI lunar probe. Although the committees had not yet identified any specific cause for ... components in which a single failure would lead to disablement of both television systems." 2. "Possibilities of failure . . increased as a result of practices employed in the design and ...

... his Sunday blessing to the public, Pope Paul VI referred to the successful U.S. RANGER VIII lunar flight: "We also would unite ourselves in the admiration of all for a ... 's officially announced planning date was in last quarter of 1964. ''(, L.A. Times, 8/2/64)'' Soviet newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda published erroneous map of the target area in the Pacific ... Pacific. ''(Shabad, NYT, 8/3/64)'' August 1964 August Aug 1 1964 1 Aug 2 1964 2 Aug 3 1964 3 Aug 4 1964 4 Aug 5 1964 5 Aug 6 1964 ...

... . Thompson as test pilot. Towed to 13,000-ft. altitude by C-47 aircraft, M-2 glided each time to landing on Rogers Dry Lake bed in a few seconds over ... type enlarged itself by four or five times in the Martian environment. ''(M&R, 9/2/63)'' AFSC announced establishment of field office at NASA Manned Space­craft Center , headed by ... compartment contains environmental life-support system and necessary survival equipment. ''(Cook, Wash. Daily News, 9/2/63)'' Results of Harvard Business School poll of U.S. industrialists on how they viewed ...

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