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... continued NASA's program to gather information on structure of the upper ionosphere pioneered by three satellites- EXPLORER VIII , ARIEL I , and ALOUETTE I -and a number of sounding rocket flights. ''(NASA ...

... Apollo Applications and advanced missions programs in continuing "this country's position as a space pioneer." These programs, he said, "are an investment in our national posture and the future of ... Aquanauts Fernando Lugo and Don C. Risk, wearing standard neo­prene wet suits and Mark VIII breathing apparatus, dived to record 1,025-ft simulated ocean depth and, with three other ...

... go from here? Dr. Kuiper said in letter to CSM: "Ranger was the U.S. pioneering program of deep-space research and accomplished much more than getting the 4,300 lunar ... 4,300 lunar records is therefore not the full $270 million (which moreover includes Rangers VIII and IX, not yet flown) but, say, $50-$100 million. No ground-based effort, even ...

... taken by Surveyor spacecraft, two atlases of the moon made from photos taken by Rangers VIII and IX, and color photos of India and Saudi Arabia taken by Gemini astronauts. ''(Norman ... objectives were met except payload recovery. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' Dr. Heinz von Diringshofen, a German pioneer in flight and space medicine, died in Frankfurt, Germany, at age 67. Among the first ...

... of sleep during first night of mission and execution of complicated and tedious rendezvous. GEMINI VIII Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong said fatigue would be an important consideration in planning a lunar ... . Pickering as the school broke ground for a $5-million library honoring the late rocket pioneer Dr. Robert Hutchings Goddard . ''(UPI, NYT, 6/6/66, 42; Berman, Wash. Post, 6/5 ...

... in ground-based instruments. ''(Text)'' Washington Evening Star editorial commented on Soyuz VI , VII, and VIII: "The latest Soviet space spectacular, it would seem, adds up to a small step ... C. Seamans , Jr., Secretary of the Air Force and former NASA Deputy Administrator; German rocket pioneer Hermann Oberth ; and Northrop Corp. founder John K. Northrop. Among 29 new Fellows were: Apollo ...

... DISCOVERER VIII satellite successfully placed Into polar orbit, but capsule was not recovered. Polaris test missiles successfully launched from launching ship. Observation Island. off Cape Canaveral . Pioneer lunar probe was normally lifted ...

... -5D, and B-47. He became NASA astronaut in 1962, was command pilot for Gemini VIII mission's first space docking of two vehicles March 16, 1966, and was first man ... Aviation/Space Writers Assn. in Las Vegas, Nev., L/G James H. Doolittle (USAF, Ret.)-pioneer of instrumented flight, holder of aircraft flight records, and winner of four major aviation trophies ...

... . Frank K. Edmonson, chairman of the Astronomy Dept. at the Univ. of Indiana, said RANGER VIII photographs had suggested that the moon might have features in common with the Karst limestone ... and that a request for aerial photographs of the Karst region had been made. RANGER VIII 's pictures showed that the Sea of Tranquillity on the moon was pocked and mottled ... layers was similarly pocked with sink holes. Dr. Gerard Kuiper, chief experimenter for the RANGER VIII project, and Dr. Harold C. Urey of the Univ. of California at La Jolla proposed ...

... ) the lesson that the kinds of experiments on these flights I lunar photography of RANGER VIII and PEGASUS I micrometeoroid detection satellite on Saturn I ) proved there were many unmeasured perils ... manned lunar landing by 1970." On Feb. 22, following the successful conclusion of the RANGER VIII lunar photography mission, another editorial praised the accomplishment, then noted that the Ranger series was ...

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