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U.S.S.R. launched Cosmos 536 from Plesetsk into orbit with 543-km (337.4-mi) apogee, 517-km (321.3-mi) perigee, 95.2- min period, and 74.0° inclination ... of space activity during this decade. We will stress practical benefits from spacecraft in Earth orbit in this decade and the next. But we will also build greatly improved spacecraft to ... proposals on preliminary design and definition phase in early 1973. LST would operate from earth orbit to pick up galaxies 100 times fainter than those observed by most powerful ground-based ...

... system ( TDRSS ) aimed at replacing present ground stations by offering orbital-communications coverage for 85 to 100% of spacecraft orbit, compared to 15% coverage now available from ground-based facilities. ... Space Shuttle , Spacelab , and Shuttle-launched spacecraft scheduled for the 1980s. (Av Wk, Jan 3/77, 14; NASA Release 76-213) Seven European nations planning to use data from ...

... was known as the International Sun-Earth Explorer (ISEE-3). The 1054-lb. 16-sided spacecraft became the first spacecraft to orbit at the sun-earth libration point (that point in space ... the leadership of Dr. Robert Farquhar, developed a plan that would divert ISEE-3 from its libration point orbit, take it past the moon five times, and propel it out toward Comet ... of earth, where a lunar gravity-assist maneuver could place the spacecraft into an earth orbit from which it might be retrievable. (NASA Release 85-121) Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev today ...

... spacewalk during which Robinson performed an unprecedented maneuver to complete a critical operation of the orbiter's thermal protection system. The principle objective of the spacewalk was to remove two ... of space. (NASA, “NASA's Spacewalking Astronaut Completes Unique Repair,” news release 05-212, 3 August 2005; NASA, “ Space Shuttle Mission Archives: STS-114 ,” http://www.nasa.gov/mission_ ...

... would then set the stage for a future activity that will launch crewed orbital demonstration missions to low Earth orbit by the middle of the decade. "For 50 years American industry has ... us to live, work and learn in the unique environment of microgravity and low Earth orbit," said William Gerstenmaier, associate administrator for the Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate at NASA ...

... Mars' most intriguing scientific destinations. Curiosity is roving toward Mount Sharp, a mountain about 3 miles (5 kilometers) tall. The rover is conducting experiments along the way, seeking clues ... and mathematics in action, using the International Space Station -- which has America's only orbiting National Laboratory -- to host these students' science experiments." SSEP began in June 2010 as ...

... and trajectories. Typical titles in Volume 3 are: "The Capture Problem in the Three-Body Restricted Orbital Problem," "The Libration of a Satellite," "Perturbations in the Orbits of Artificial Satellites Caused by Air ... Periods of Illumination and Darkness for the Artificial Satellite," "Determination of the Parameters of the Orbit of an Artificial Satellite from the Results of Ground Measurement," "Magnetometers in the Third Soviet ...

... "fleet" of forty 1000-pound satellites launched by Blue Streak into 600 mile-high polar orbits would provide a weather, navigation and reconnaissance system. The total cost predicted for the ... University of Toronto and Chairman of the Canadian Aeronautical Institute's Astronautics section note 3 Recent Trends in Aeronautics and Space Research in the United States - Hugh Dryden - ...

... successful completion of the COTS demonstration mission to the space station, Orbital will conduct eight cargo resupply flights to the orbiting laboratory through NASA's Commercial Resupply Services contract. The rollout, which ... safe, reliable and cost-effective transportation to and from the space station and low-Earth orbit. In parallel, NASA's Commercial Crew Program is working with commercial space partners developing capabilities ...

... biology, cells and plants grow in microgravity. One experiment, titled Coarsening in Solid Liquid Mixtures-3, will examine solid and liquid mixtures made of lead and tin that contain a small ... with the space station. SpaceX built and tested new cargo spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. NASA initiatives like COTS and the agency's Commercial Crew Program ...

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