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... system takes through the galaxy, nearly opposite the path of Pioneer 10 , now between the orbits of Saturn and Uranus, also on its way out of the solar system. Ames Research ... a malfunction during a June 2 test of the Space Shuttle orbiter's auxiliary power system would delay the orbiter's first manned captive flight from June 9 for 1 or 2 ... and its shell had proved to be 400 times larger than the orbit of Pluto; it had measured nearly 3 trillion miles across (2800 billion miles). Earth's sun in comparison was ...

... scientific experiments; the others would operate ground-based experiment equipment and assist the two in orbit. The Spacelab investigators' working group (IWG), composed of Spacelab 2 principal investigators having experiments on ... 1978 July August 1978 August Aug 1 1978 1 Aug 2 1978 2 Aug 3 1978 3 Aug 4 1978 4 Aug 5 1978 5 Aug 6 1978 6 Aug 7 1978 ...

... 1980. Viking spacecraft Viking 's mission was to explore the planet Mars using two instrumented orbiters operating in con-junction with two instrumented landers on the surface. Identical spacecraft launched in ... ) could no longer power the transmitters. (NASA MOR S-815-75-01/02 postlaunch Feb 3/82; NASA Release 82-36) January 1982 January February 1982 February Feb 1 1982 1 ...

... that the satellite's on-board rocket engine, which was to propel it into higher orbit, either misfired or never fired. Radars operated by the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NAADC ... 's aluminum surface. The Indonesian satellite Palapa-B2, launched February 6, went into a useless orbit, believed to be caused by the same technical problem that Westar VI suffered. The NAADC ... 1984 January February 1984 February Feb 1 1984 1 Feb 2 1984 2 Feb 3 1984 3 Feb 4 1984 4 Feb 5 1984 5 Feb 6 1984 6 Feb 7 1984 ...

... facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base . These launches, which would take the Space Shuttle into orbits around the earth's poles, required greater thrust from the Space Shuttle 's engines. Although ... extremely high-energy particles from space that bombarded the earth and the orbiting Space Shuttle s. (NY Times, Oct 3/ 85, A18, Oct 4/85, B5) The Syncom II communications satellite lost ... , but its communications failed in orbit. (D/D, Oct 3/85, 174) September 1985 September October 1985 October Oct 1 1985 1 Oct 2 1985 2 Oct 3 1985 3 Oct 4 1985 4 ...

... have formed since the Big Bang. (NY Times, Jan 3/91; W Post, Jan 6/91; I-A Times, Jan 4/91) Orbital Sciences Corporation in Fairfax County, Virginia was issued its ... , Florida, launch pad refurbished by Orbital. The first launch was scheduled for March 1991, followed by launches in December 1991 and December 1992. (W Post, Jan 3/91) NASA announced that in January 1991, it would conduct experiments from an orbiting satellite to test the possibility of creating an artificial ...

... for Volume 59 59 '''Page ''' - 3-10 '''Year''' - 2006 '''Keywords''' - Space debris, mitigation guidelines, transfer orbit, luni-solar attraction, atmospheric drag, orbital lifetime '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2006.59.3 '''Number of Pages''' - 8 Abstract ... of the geostationary transfer orbit together with the end of life options. '''To BUY this paper click http://www.jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2006.59.3 here ''' ---- Journal of the ...

... into orbit around the giant planet. Scientific objectives addressed by the orbiter are to: (1) investigate the circulation and dynamics of the Jovian atmosphere; (2) investigate the upper Jovian atmosphere and ionosphere; (3 ... orbiter is divided into two sections. The main body of the spacecraft, comprised of the electronics bays, propellant system, RTG and science booms, and high-gain antenna, rotates at rates of 3 ...

... ensure it is calibrated and ready when the spacecraft enters orbit around Vesta. Dawn's odyssey, which will take it on a 3-billion-mile journey, began on Sept. 27, 2007, with its launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. It will stay in orbit around Vesta for ... Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. UCLA is responsible for overall Dawn mission science. Orbital Sciences Corp. of Dulles, Va., designed and built the Dawn spacecraft. The framing cameras have ...

... forms proactively adopt a nurturing and supportive approach to new launch vehicle developments, whether orbital or sub-orbital, manned or unmanned....If you doubt that we can possibly see such progress ... of Outer Space. ''Retrieved November 27, 2005, from, http://www.oosa.unvienna.org/unisp-3/res/html/viennadecl.html. (18) AIAA and The Aerospace Corporation. (2004). Planetary Defense Conference: ...

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