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... a technical review board to conduct reliability analysis of the Ranger program and to study reliability of future Ranger spacecraft. Cause of RANGER V's failure to get power from its panels of ...

... stringent rules on sterilization of spacecraft components constituted one of the greatest problems in Project Ranger. NASA policy to prevent contamination of the moon by terrestrial germs did not require sterilization ... rays, and heat). Relaxation of strict sterilization rules for Ranger spacecraft was one of the changes being considered in "re-orientation" of Project Ranger , Cortright indicated. Japanese Meteorological Observatory reported abnormal atmospheric ...

... time completing mundane tasks, such as collecting tools, establishing footholds, and cleaning up. Scientists hoped Ranger could perform such tasks under the command of an operator located in space or even ... contracted through an aerospace firm. During the tests, the University of Maryland's team operated Ranger remotely from its campus hundreds of miles away from MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC 's ...

... Moon. There were three series of robotic spacecraft before Project Apollo. They were Ranger, Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor. Rangers 7-9 photographed the Moon up close before crashing on it. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ranger.html (See CDROM) http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4210/pages/Cover.htm (See CDROM) Lunar ...

... research rocket with 250-lb. payload from Eglin AFB, Fla. ''(Eglin AFB Release 65449)'' Gemini VII would be launched Dec. 4 and Gemini VI Dec. 13 in a combination long-duration ... Edward H. White II (L/C, USAF) , and Michael Collins (Maj., USAF) would be Gemini VII 's backup crew. Gemini VI mission would be nearly identical to the original rendezvous flight ... P. Stafford (Maj., USAF) would maneuver the GEMINI VI spacecraft within close proximity of Gemini VII during the fourth revolution and station-keep for a period of time, but would not ...

... , 92.4 min,; inclination, 49°. Equipment was functioning normally. ''(Pravda, 12/22/65, 1)'' Gemini VII Astronauts Lovell and Borman completed the medical phase of their debriefing at KSC. Dr. Charles ... would be available later, NASA released several terrain photographs taken by Astronaut Lovell during Gemini VII 's spaceflight Dec. 4-18. ''(AP, NYT, 12/22/65, 14; AP, Wash, Post, 12 ...

... Franklin’s crew exchanged mementos of a joint experiment conducted during Dec. 4-18 GEMINI VII mission. Benjamin Franklin, with two seconds to fire a Polaris missile so it could be seen by GEMINI VII Astronauts Lovell and Borman as they passed over Cape Kennedy , fired perfectly, enabling the astronauts ... plate from the Polaris missile and crew received the NASA patch from Lovell’s GEMINI VII spacesuit. ‘‘(UPI, Wash. Sun. star, 3/6/66)’’ March 1966 March Mar 1 1966 1 ...

... command was transmitted to spacecraft April 1; Canopus was acquired as planned initially and Mariner VII entered stable cruise mode. Midcourse maneuver was conducted April 8 to ensure that spacecraft would ... -lb spacecraft carried six complementary experiments to provide information about Martian surface and atmosphere. Mariner VII mission, except for flyby area, was almost identical to mission of Mariner VI launched Feb ...

... acquisition of data. Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL controllers temporarily lost contact with second Mariner, Mariner VII , en route to Mars, at 6:00 pm EDT July 30. Engineers speculated that spacecraft ... 40 mps and had locked on planet Jupiter or another bright object. Contact with Mariner VII was regained seven hours later by switching from one antenna to another and proper attitude ...

... 3-4: Photos of Mars taken from 65,000-mi altitude by NASA's Mariner VII were received by Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL and shown live on TV. Although pictures were ... Nix Olympica, identified by Mariner VI photos as 300-mi-wide crater. Absence in Mariner VII photos of bright streak on Tempe desert near Mars north pole that had been visible ... earth's seasonal changes. South polar cap, which was 2,500 mi across in Mariner VII photos, shrank to 250 mi across in Martian summer and increased to 3,500 mi ...

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