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... kg (207 lbs), was 1.7 m long and 0.8 m wide (5.5 x 2.5 ft), and was powered by Atomic Energy Commission RTG that would provide 30 w ... radio waves in sky, was made by Canadian astronomer Dr. Philip C. Gregory. Source, Cygnus X-3, had been discovered originally by Uhuru (Explorer 42 launched by Italy for NASA Dec ... , 9/4/72)'' August 1972 August September 1972 September Sep 1 1972 1 Sep 2 1972 2 Sep 3 1972 3 Sep 4 1972 4 Sep 5 1972 5 Sep 6 1972 ...

... and 15 minutes. NASA provided the prize money for the Level-1 and Level-2 contests, and the X-Prize Foundation managed the competition, with commercial sponsorship from Northrop Grumman . ''NASA, “NASA and X Prize Announce Winners of Lunar Lander Challenge,” news release 09-258, 2 November 2009, http://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2009/nov ...

... , consistently broke every record in the book. Today many of those records still stand. In X-15 - The NASA Mission Reports, extremely rare documents from this amazing program are brought together ... time. CD-ROM includes: Hundreds of images of the X-15 program. Hours of rare video, including footage of the "pink" X-15A-2, the dramatic explosion of the XLR-99 engine, comments ... flight reports in the pilots' own words. A unique interactive Virtual Reality model of the X-15 and more. "Data junkies and armchair astronauts will no doubt revel in the minutiae ...

... X-15 No. 2, piloted by John B. McKay (NASA), reached 239,000-ft, altitude and 3,511-mph ... and wishes for further successes in the peaceful opening up of the cosmos." ''(Pravda, 9/2/65)'' Astronauts Leroy Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad , Jr., had demonstrated during their August 21 ... able to combine GEMINI V data with that from TIROS X to prepare an advisory on Doreen. ''(Simons, Wash. Post, 9/2/65, A3)'' ComSatCorp invited 29 manufacturers to submit by September ...

... Hanger E-19490.jpg 300px '''X-15 in Hanger (E-19490)''' Image:X-15 in Flight white.jpg 300px '''X-15A2 in Flight with white ablative coating''' Image:X-15 66672 in Flight Ecn 187.jpg 300px '''X-15 66672 in Flight (ECN 187)''' Image:X-15 100th Flight Ground Crew E-10846.jpg 300px '''X-15 100th Flight Ground Crew (E-10846 ...

... -040B Webpage = Semimajor_Axis = Eccentricity = Inclination = Orbital_Period = Apoapsis = Periapsis = Orbits = Alternate Names = AXAF, Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, CXRO, 25867 Experiments = Nominal Power = 2000.0W Additional Information = http://nssdc.gsfc ... %20X-ray%20Observatory Here Data Collection = Carrier_Rocket = Space Shuttle The Chandra X-ray Observatory (formerly the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, or AXAF) was built around a high-resolution grazing incidence ...

... 250 million readings from its six scientific instruments covering 3,300 separate measurements and taken 2.5 million readings of 100 engineering measurements. It had also registered solar wind speed of ... ionosphere and upper atmosphere. ‘‘(Wallops Release 66-12; NASA Rpt. SRL)’’ Discovery of two powerful x-ray galaxies which might indicate existence of a whole family of celestial objects was reported ...

... test to determine how ablative material reacted to intense heat. ''(NASA X-15 Proj. Off.; UPI, Wash. Post. 2/3/65; X-15 Flight Log)'' NASA announced it would negotiate a two-phase ... accommodate the Saturn IB rocket, Army Corps of Engineers made the award. ''(AP, Miami Her., 2/3/65)'' Editorializing in the Washington Evening Star about "lean years" beginning for the aerospace ... there were concrete, finite objectives to be achieved with these funds.', ." ''(Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 2/2/65)'' Prime Minister Harold Wilson announced plans to buy American military aircraft to replace British ...

... Tiros (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) to be launched by NASA in as many attempts. TIROS X was funded by the Weather Bureau, while the previous nine were NASA research and development ... operational purposes." ''(NASA Release 65-229; NASA Release 65-197; AP, Wash. Eve, Star, 7/2/65, A3; KSC Spaceport News, 7/8/65, 4)'' PEGASUS II meteoroid detection satellite, orbited ... were said to' have the capability for use as armed missiles. ''(Reuters, Wash, Post, 7/2/65)'' Statistics on intercontinental ballistic missiles were given by Robert R. Brunn in an article ...

... Post, 10/3/67, A3)'' NASA awarded supplementary or new research grants and contracts totaling $2,059,104 to 23 universities, colleges, and private institutions. ''(NASA Release 67-254)'' Texas' role ... an x-ray flare, it is possible to warn cosmonauts of the approach of radiation danger . . . and enable spaceship crews to take necessary protective measures." ''(UPI, NYT, 10/3/67, 2)'' Under ...

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