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... , Av Wk reported. The situation could worsen if one of the aging spacecraft in synchronous orbit should fail before another Dscs 2 launch scheduled in about 6mo. One Dscs 2 spacecraft ... loan to provide communications in the Eastern Pacific. One of the lost spacecraft would have orbited over the Western Pacific, and the spacecraft already there would have replaced the Dscs 2 ... , future Dscs launches and orbital operations would have to be 100% successful to maintain the system using all 16 spacecraft that NASA had procured. (Av Wk, April 3/78, 19) A Saturn ...

... would manage launch operations including prelaunch checkout, launch, and flight through observatory separation in orbit. Lewis Research Center managed launch-vehicle procurement and related activities for the HEAO program ... at Kapustin Yar , site of previous Vertikal launches. (FBIS, Tass in English, Oct 3/78) October 1978 October November 1978 November Nov 1 1978 1 Nov 2 ...

... I ENCOUNTERS DARKNESS 25 - INJECTING ECHO INTO ORBIT 25 - THE U.S. SPACE PROGRAMME. Maj. Gen. Don R. Ostrander 26 - STENTOR AND GAMMA 32 - - '''Volume 3 No. 2''' '''MARCH 1961''' - SURFACE EXPLORATION ... OF SOLID PROPELLENT MOTORS 198 - HIGH-ENERGY CHEMICAL PROPELLENTS. F. FITZGERALD 199 - WITH GAGARIN INTO ORBIT 204 - SOME LEGAL PROBLEMS OF SPACE TRAVEL. J. M. SMAIL 206 - UNCHANGING MOON? J. W ...

... -term and even permanent establishment of a human presence in space. His orbiting spacecraft, to be set in a geosynchronous orbit, was for detailed observation of the ground for peaceful and military ... orbits. The German science fiction author Kurd Lasswitz, mentioned above, had suggested a fictional Martian space station in his 1897 novel, ''Auf Zwei Planeten'' (''On Two Planets''), in a fixed position 3 ...

... Station (CCAFS) in Florida. The spacecraft will carry crew supplies and vehicle hardware to the orbital laboratory to support the Expedition 50 and 51 crews. Media prelaunch and launch activities will ... Highlights Science Launching on Next SpaceX Cargo Mission''' NASA will host a media teleconference at 3 p.m. EST Wednesday, Feb. 8, to discuss research investigations launching aboard the next ...

... in its 3 to 4 million mi. travels. Earth-transmitted electronic signals might have been the cause of several recorded hits, but some were definitely meteoroid particles. PEGASUS I orbited the earth every 97 min. ''(AP, NYT, 3/4/65, 50; AP, Wash. Post, 3/4/65)'' NASA, at DOD's request, had halted ... ,000 hrs. of astronaut flight time, and (3) the capability of lifting 240,000 lbs. from the earth and orbiting 90,000 lbs. ''(Kansas City Times, 3/3/65)'' Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF ...

... $1,918,725 bonus-maximum amount permitted under May 1964 contract provisions-for the LUNAR ORBITER II mission. Spacecraft had obtained 98% of planned prime site photography after it entered ... over millions of miles and at rates comparable to exchange of information on earth; (3) communications and navigation satellites to meet increasing demands in commercial air transportation; (4) data- ...

... scientists first close-up view of the crater floor, providing new clues to its origin. Orbiter V's high resolution telephoto picture showed fractures, flow markings, and protruding dome-like hills ... the hint in an interview with Tass: "Flight to Mars and the creation of large orbital scientific bases . . . will certainly demand joint efforts of all nations.,, The Soviet Union previously had ... /5/67)'' September 1967 September Sep 1 1967 1 Sep 2 1967 2 Sep 3 1967 3 Sep 4 1967 4 Sep 5 1967 5 Sep 6 1967 6 Sep 7 1967 ...

Press conference on results of NASA'S Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO II orbiting astronomical observatory (launched Dec. 7, 1968) was held at NASA Hq. Orbiting Astronomical Observatory OAO Project Manager Joseph Purcell of Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC said spacecraft's five months of orbital operations had been "a fabulous success" and all spacecraft systems were operating normally. As of ... Release 69-63)'' May 1969 May May 1 1969 1 May 2 1969 2 May 3 1969 3 May 4 1969 4 May 5 1969 5 May 6 1969 6 May 7 ...

... must come up with rescue hardware. It would be shocking if someone got stuck in orbit someplace." He saw need for four space facilities: space station in earth or lunar ... between earth and space laboratory, space "tug" to go between non-atmospheric orbits, and rescue vehicle. ''(Kampel, NYT, 8/3/69, F7)'' New York Times editorial commented on Apollo 11 lunar landing ... in Mariner VII photos, shrank to 250 mi across in Martian summer and increased to 3,500 mi across in winter. ''(Auerbach, W Post, 8/5/69, Al)'' August 1969 August ...

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