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Media:1948-03-12 I10V07.pdf Langley Air Scoop Mar 12 1948

... , as the amount of sunshine hitting the robot's solar panels declined during autumn on Mars' southern hemisphere. Unfortunately, mobility problems prevented rover operators from positioning Spirit with a favorable tilt ... , May 12. Opportunity, and likely Spirit, surpassing the Viking Lander 1 longevity record is truly remarkable, considering these rovers were designed for only a 90-day mission on the surface of Mars ... half-million pictures in its archive. The last astronaut servicing mission to Hubble in May 2009 made the telescope 100 times more powerful than when it was launched. For Hubble 20th ...

... . Media:1959-03-12_Missile_Development_and_Space_Sciences.pdf Missile Development & Space Sciences Hearings Before Committee On Science And Astronautics U.S. House Of Representatives 86th Congress Mar. 12th 1959 - Sec ...

... RELEASE: 12-077 RECORD-SETTING ASTRONAUT LOPEZ-ALEGRIA DEPARTS NASA'' HOUSTON -- Michael Lopez-Alegria, NASA's most ... access to the event. Honeybee Robotics has been a technology supplier to the last three Mars missions. It has received multiple NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards to develop mechanisms ...

Arthur C. Clarke and Val Cleaver of the British Interplanetary Society write letters to ''Flight'' magazine both praising and criticizing the BIS lunar spacecraft article which had appeared in the magazine on February 12. Effectively commenting on their own work to keep public interest up.

Image:1912-03-12_Le_Temps.jpg 300px Newspaper Le Temps recording Robert Esnault-Pelterie's trip to St Petersburg where it is believed he gave his first public lecture about space flight sometime between February 16th and March 14th.

Chief of Naval Operations directed that Glomb, Gorgon II-C, and Little Joe guided missiles be discontinued and that Gargoyle, Gorgon II-A, and Dove be limited to test and research vehicles. He directed that Loon be continued as a possible interim weapon, the Bat be completed, and the Kingfisher, Bumblebee, and Lark be continued as high-priority missile developments.

Development of a multichannel telemetering system announced by the Navy.

Kurt C. Volkhart drives the first of Max Valier 's and Fritz von Opel's rocket cars at Russelsheim in Germany. Two powder rockets were used. A 50mm 80kg and a 90mm 18kg engine. The combined thrust moved the car about 150m in 35 seconds before burning out. A second test employed two rockets with a combined thrust of 300kg. Volkhart got the car up to 30km/h before igniting the rockets. In less ...

Wernher von Braun is in bad accident, breaking his arm. He is admitted to a hospital in Bleicherode and remains there until 12th April 1945 when he is ordered with the other rocket team to Oberammergau south of Munich.

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