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... from Viking spacecraft 2 Viking 2 were in. Viking spacecraft 2 Viking 2 was on its way to a landing scheduled for 3 Septa on Utopia Planitia (the Utopian plains) above which the air was found by Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 's orbiter to contain 5 to 10 times as much water as that over the Chryse area where Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 landed. A surface ...

... on the Viking spacecraft 2 Viking 2 lander failed for unknown reasons, but controllers at Jet Propulsion Laboratory were confident that time would allow them to solve the problem. Both Viking spacecraft Viking l and 2 were launched with ... their lives; the batteries aboard the Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 lander were charged without difficulty 2 wk ago, and the same procedure had been scheduled for Viking spacecraft 2 Viking 2 . The spacecraft carried a backup as well as ...

... -02.pdf Space News for this day. (1MB PDF) 2-12 July: By "unanimous" vote among nearly 30 Viking spacecraft Viking project scientists, Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 would land 17 July in a site called the ... 76, A-2) A JPL spokesman said preliminary pictures of another landing site proposed for Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 showed Martian terrain as rugged as that in 2 spots previously rejected. Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 was ...

An early burst of activity recorded by an instrument aboard Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 on the surface of Mars had begun to slow down, said biologists at JPL ... period of a day. Dr. Harold P. Klein of Ames Research Center , head of the Viking spacecraft Viking biology team, said the origins of the activity were not clear, and scientists were not ... 76, 1) July 1976 July August 1976 August Aug 1 1976 1 Aug 2 1976 2 Aug 3 1976 3 Aug 4 1976 4 Aug 5 1976 5 Aug 6 1976 ...

... A10) Federal investigation of the Delta Air Line Lockheed 1-1011-1 crash August 2 at Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport showed strong evidence of wind shear and ... provided the electric power for several NASA and DOD missions including Transit, Pioneer, Apollo, Viking spacecraft Viking , Voyager, and Lincoln Experimental satellites. The Galileo and Ulysses missions would also use nuclear ...

... Titan boosters on Mariner missions to Mars and Venus, Pioneer missions to Jupiter and Venus. Viking spacecraft Viking and Voyager missions, and the cooperative Helios missions with West Germany. It had carried low ... Release 81-21) May 1981 May June 1981 June Jun 1 1981 1 Jun 2 1981 2 Jun 3 1981 3 Jun 4 1981 4 Jun 5 1981 5 Jun 6 1981 ...

... anticipated. Isis 2 was fourth and final mission in U.S.-Canadian program to study ionosphere that began with launch of Alouette 1 Sept. 28, 1962. All four spacecraft were operational and ... ). "Currently, RTG's are scheduled for flight on the Pioneer Jupiter Flyby and the Mars Viking Lander missions and in addition, are planned for use in future outer planet programs." Associate ...

Image:Viking2PIA01522.jpg Image:Viking2PIA00573.jpg Image:Viking2PIA00399.jpg '''Viking 2 landing site at Utopia Planitia''' Category:Spacecraft Category:Mission

... million pounds in Earth orbit, approximately 1.2 million, or nearly 75%, are propellant. EN ROUTE SPACECRAFT CONFIGURATION The forward compartment of the spacecraft is an unpressurized area housing the ... Image:MMLVB26.jpg 300px '''Mars Arrival (1969)''' MARS SURFACE SAMPLE RETURN The currently funded Viking Project is aimed at placing soft landers on the surface of Mars in ...

... Explorers (ISEE), planned three satellites to make simultaneous measurements. Two spacecraft, "Mother" built by the U.S. and "Daughter" built by ... be phased out following the near-earth phase of the Viking mission. The closings would leave 15 stations, adequate to ... and reportedly believed the proposal would be rejected. ''(NYT, 2 April 74, 4)'' March 1974 March April 1974 April ...

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