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... to hedge their bets. Before they would consider an all-British space program they would test British experiments using rented space on American Atlas and Thor missiles; in essence following Canada's ... stage, could outlift most of the US boosters, with the notable exception of Atlas-Agena-Centaur. Leslie R. Shepherd concluded the proceedings by saying that the BIS intended to host another ...

... Galileo and Ulysses missions on trajectories toward Jupiter, Aviation Week reported. Martin Winkler, General Dynamics Space Shuttle/Centaur program manager, said the stage remained in San Diego to complete acceptance testing and also ... second Space Shuttle/Centaur was on schedule; contract date for delivery of the second stage and second CISS was the end of December. General Dynamics estimated it would deliver the second Space Shuttle/Centaur on November ...

... in support of the Space Shuttle/Centaur program. Work began in July 1985 and would run through October 1987. Digital computers would serve as the focal point for the Centaur flight-control system, processing ... with the orbiter and ground system NASA scheduled the first Centaur launch-the Ulysses mission-for May 15, 1986, from the Space Shuttle payload bay followed on May 21, 1986, by the Galileo ...

... a $79,194,665 contract to General Dynamics Corp.'s Convair Division to support the Space Shuttle/Centaur program from August 30, 1985 through June 1987 Under the cost-plus-award-fee contract ... support; technical management; operations, planning, and integration; and launch complex modifications. NASA planned that the Space Shuttle/Centaur combination in May 1986 would launch Ulysses, the first and only planned mission to observe ...

... ground-support systems for the Space Shuttle/Centaur program, which NASA would use to inject space vehicles into interplanetary trajectories after deployment from the Space Shuttle . PRC would also provide designs for Space Shuttle launch-support equipment for the Department of Defense (DOD) at VAFB, which would become the second launch and landing facility for the Space Shuttle in ...

... Name = '''''Ulysses'''''
Image = Image:ulysses_sts-41.jpg 200px Organization = European Space Agency (International),NASA-Office of Space Science Applications (United States) Major_Contractors = Mission_Type = Astronomy,Earth Science,Solar Physics ... Data Collection = http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetSearch.do?spacecraft=Ulysses Here Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle-Centaur G-Prime The primary objectives of Ulysses, formerly the International Solar Polar Mission (ISPM), are ...

... part of the risk. Meanwhile, McDonnell Douglas and the Space Shuttle Program had to develop the hardware that would go into the Space Shuttle to accept these satellites once they were snared. Hughes ... was lower than any Shuttle had ever gone to, because you need the performance to get the Shuttle Centaur up because it was so heavy. The whole integration of the Shuttle Centaur had its problems ...

... space shuttle booster. New study would focus on RNS concepts to be launched by space shuttle, but would consider two-stage, fully reusable shuttle, shuttle ...

... the launch facility to support a Titan-Centaur launch, structural integrity of the vehicle, Centaur guidance and control of the Titan, Titan-Centaur separation, and Centaur standard shroud capability. The Viking ... to the thrusters and payloads. It was being designed for use with the space shuttle and space tug, and application of an attachable SEP module to a Mariner spacecraft was being ...

... Media:78-07-21.pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF) After 2 decades as key booster in NASA's space program, the Atlas Centaur would remain "old reliable" for a variety ... astronomical observatories, and FltSatCom. Atlas Centaur , used for future missions with HEAO and FltSatCom spacecraft, would remain one of NASA's prime launch vehicles until the Space Shuttle became fully operational. (Lewis News ...

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