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... flight operations and reshape vehicle had been made by joint NASA-USAF flight research team. X-24A was one of three lifting-body vehicles in joint NASA-USAF program managed since ... HUD-space-science appropriations bill that recommended NASA appropriation of $3.298 billion. ''(CR, 7/29/71, H7363-72)'' U.K. Aerospace Minister Frederick Corfield told Parliament Black Arrow launch vehicle ... became available, "assessment will be made on proceeding with the F-14B." ''(W Post, 7/29/71, A7)'' First two DC-10 jet transport aircraft were delivered by manufacturer McDonnell Douglas ...

... flight. As secondary mission, pilot performed maneuvers to evaluate aircraft's controllability and natural stability. ''( X-15 Proj. Off.)'' Canada's ALOUETTE II had traveled about 135 million mi. in ... "would induce strains within AIAA and change its complexion." ''(AIAA Daily, 12/2/66, 1, 29)'' Four major AIAA awards were made at Honors Convocation: Dr. W. Randolph Lovelace II ( ...

... improve­ments, NASA announced. Under a USAF contract with North American Aviation, Inc., the damaged X -15 was being modified to take another 13,500 lbs. of propellants. This would increase ... refuse to do something just because the Soviet Union refuses to do it?" ''(CR, 10/29/63, 19384)'' Addressing the Joint Meeting of Service Clubs, Bowman, Montana., NASA Administrator James E ... Atlas missiles, the previous five at Van­denberg AFB , Calif. ''(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 10/29/63)'' USAF awarded contract to Goodyear Aerospace to study and develop a post-Echo passive ...

... cooperation between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the Air Force, and the Navy.. . . "The X-15 program not only has contributed to the increased confi­dence of designers of current ... and surface temperatures. "The lesson from the X-15 is that cooperation among agencies having an interest in a project pays off." ''(CR, 1/29/64, 1358-59)'' NASA Goddard Space Flight ... 1964 25 Jan 26 1964 26 Jan 27 1964 27 Jan 28 1964 28 Jan 29 1964 29 Jan 30 1964 30 Jan 31 1964 31 February 1964 February

... Observatory to conduct the observations, which revealed new information about the planet’s atmosphere. The x-ray observations of Venus were different from views of the planet made in visible light ... 43 miles) above the surface reflect optical light. The observations represented a technological breakthrough. Other x-ray astronomy satellites had been unable to point steadily in the direction of Venus, because ... 2001 25 Nov 26 2001 26 Nov 27 2001 27 Nov 28 2001 28 Nov 29 2001 29 Nov 30 2001 30 December 2001 December

... exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent star. An advantageous ... Observatory and the European Space Agency’s XMM Newton Observatory to observe a dip in X-ray intensity as the planet transited the star. "Thousands of planet candidates have been seen ... layers of the planet's atmosphere that are transparent to optical light but opaque to X-rays," said co-author Jurgen Schmitt of Hamburger Sternwarte in Hamburg, Germany. "However, we need ...

... vehicle to complete a flight for the commercial spaceflight competition known as the Ansari X Prize . The X Prize competition would award US$10 million to the first private organization to create ... the subsequent two weeks to win the Ansari X Prize . ( Scaled Composites , “ SpaceShipOne Surpasses 100 Km Altitude on First X-Prize Flight,” news release, 29 September 2004; Peter Pae, “Craft Rolls On into ... 2004 25 Sep 26 2004 26 Sep 27 2004 27 Sep 28 2004 28 Sep 29 2004 29 Sep 30 2004 30 October 2004 October

... Media:64-04-29.pdf Space News for this day. (2MB PDF) X-15 No. 1 was flown by Maj. Robert Rushworth (USAF) to altitude of 102,000 ... . counterparts, the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. ''(Farnsworth, NYT, 4/30/64, 57)'' April 29-May 1: Air Transport and Space Meeting and Production Forum held in New York, sponsored ... 1964 25 Apr 26 1964 26 Apr 27 1964 27 Apr 28 1964 28 Apr 29 1964 29 Apr 30 1964 30 May 1964 May

... to launch Tiros 10 weather satellite, designed to study hurricanes and typhoons. ''(Wash, Post, 6/29/65)'' Ten firms had submitted proposals to the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center for preliminary ... ,; NASA Release 65-201; X-15 Flight Log)'' USAF awarded Hughes Aircraft Co, a $13,468,725 contract for modifications of missiles and space parts. ''(WSJ, 6/29/65, 9)'' Pickets were ... 1965 25 Jun 26 1965 26 Jun 27 1965 27 Jun 28 1965 28 Jun 29 1965 29 Jun 30 1965 30 July 1965 July

... research. Features were to be named at 1970 meeting of International Astronomical Union. ''(Time, 9/29/67,11)'' A contract for operation of NASA's Scientific and Technical Information Facility at ... Release 67-255)'' Western Electric received a $43.4 million addition to an existing Nike-X research and development contract. Approximately $18.0 million of this was initial implementation of the ...

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