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... . NASA Associate Administrator Seamans announced the addition of four additional Ranger spacecraft, bringing the total to nine, the number of Rangers to be launched in this phase of the lunar exploration program ... of the program to land an American on the Moon by 1970," said Dr. Seamans. Ranger I completed 100 orbits, transmitting data on all engineering devices and eight scientific experiments. It ...

... detailed television pictures to JPL Deep Space Facilities, Goldstone, Calif. Landing sequence began when Surveyor VII shifted its normal cruis­ing attitude to position main retrorocket. Triggered by radar, main ret ... spacecraft were halted to preserve battery power during cold of lunar night. Performance of Surveyor VII, final mission in NASA's Surveyor pro­gram to analyze lunar surface, was excellent. Surveyor ...

... . Primary NASA mission objective was to place and operate spacecraft NASA launched meteorological satellite Essa VII for Environmental Science Services Administration. Satellite relayed photo of tropical storm Shirley Aug. 19. in ... to ex­pected useful lifetime. An advanced version of cartwheel configuration, 325-lb cylindrical Essa VII carried two AVCS cameras for global weather coverage. Photos would be stored onboard satellite on ...

... satellite toward the end of November 1965. ''(Reuters, Wash, Post, 10/12/65, A3)'' Gemini VII spacecraft, destined for the long-duration 14-day mission, arrived at KSC from the McDonnell ... . ''(MSC Roundup, 10/15/65, 8)'' Pravda announced completion of flight of LUNA VII : "The automatic station Luna VII reached the lunar surface on October 8 at 1:08 p.m. Moscow ... /9/65, ATSS-T Trans.)'' Soviet Professor V. Ivanchenko, writing in Izvestia, implied that LUNA VII spacecraft had crashed against the moon's surface because its braking rockets had failed to ...

... P. Stafford (Maj., USAF), congratulating them on successful completion of the Gemini VI and Gemini VII space missions and advising them that promotions for new astronauts would be submitted to Congress ... . Post, 12/19/65, A17; MSC Roundup, 12/23/65, 6)'' Physical condition of Gemini VII Astronauts Borman and Lovell was "better than expected," reported Dr. Charles A. Berry , Gemini medical ...

... cloud-like object (upper left) were apparent. August 4-5: Scientific instruments on board Mariner VII collected detailed data on the Mars surface and atmosphere as the spacecraft made its close ... to be shallow crater or collapsed area, was strangely free of meteorite impact craters. Mariner VII (launched March 27) with Mariner VI (launched Feb. 24) had provided most detailed information to ...

... -18. Western speculation, later confirmed, was that Soyuz VI would rendezvous with other spacecraft. Soyuz VII, carrying Cosmonauts Anatoly V. Filipchenko, Vladislav N. Volkov, and Viktor V. Gorbatko, was launched from ... out equipment and communicated with each other. Soyuz VI was conducting medical-biological tests, Soyuz VII was observing and photographing earth and celestial bodies, and Soyuz VIII was conducting research on ...

... was exactly that kind of person. I mean, just great. That was Gemini V. Gemini VII/VI was interesting just from a standpoint of a gutsy management decision. It was when ... did back in the ’40s. '''Neal:''' Isn’t it remarkable that, after the experience of VII/VI, you had Gemini VIII? laughter '''Kranz:''' Yeah. '''Neal:''' Tell us about that one. '''Kranz ... bit of history on the Agena spacecraft. We had lost the Agena on the Gemini VII/VI mission. There was a general lack of trust between Lockheed Company and the Air ...

... de­ signed to make a giant stride in lunar exploration technology beyond that of the Ranger. Surveyor will demonstrate soft landing technology , will survey various landing areas on the lunar surface ... restricted during FY 1963 to permit reprogramming of funds into more critical areas in the Ranger and Surveyor landing programs. Design work has proceeded, however, and has resulted in . . . a system ...

... territory. ''(AP, Wash. Post, 12/14/63)'' Cancellation of five follow-on flights of the Ranger lunar impact spacecraft announced by NASA Associate Administrator for Space Sciences and Applications Dr. Homer ... . Dr. Newell said: "By this move, we are placing greater reliance on the remaining four Rangers, the Surveyor landers and the Lunar Orbiters for unmanned lunar exploration prior to manned landings ...

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