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... by Thor-Able-Star launch vehicle, but satellites did not separate. USAF canceled recovery operations of Discoverer XX capsule due to technical difficulties. NASA awarded contract to G. T. Schjeldahl Co. for ... 29 tests. MA-2 launch from Cape Canaveral , trajectory providing rugged test of the Mercury capsule. February 1961 February Feb 1 1961 1 Feb 2 1961 2 Feb 3 1961 3 ...

... development of all classes of military aircraft. Capsule of Discoverer XXVI snatched at 15,000 feet during final descent after 32 polar orbits. Midair recovery by C-119, Capt. Jack Wilson, U.S. Air Force, as pilot, was fourth so performed. Capsule carried undisclosed payload. National Science Foundation released ...

... that Navy blimps should have been used in recovery of Mercury capsule, a proposal submitted to Navy 2 years ago, and which would have avoided recovery difficulties of Liberty Bell 7 and Astronaut ...

... useful life. Three parachuting skin divers recovered capsule of Discoverer XXIX , the seventh recovery of an object from orbit in the USAF Discoverer program. Capsule had made 33 orbits and contained human, animal ...

... , La. Center at the Michoud Ordnance Plant near New Orleans, La. Recovery of capsule of Discoverer XXXI was called off as capsule and satellite (launched Sept. 17, 1961) failed to separate and both ...

... capsule of Discoverer XXXV recovered after 18 orbits in midair over Fern Island by C-130 aircraft, Capt. James F. McCullough, U.S. Air Force, as pilot. It was the 10th recovery from orbit in the Discoverer series and the 1st recovery observed from the ground. In speech on "Scientists and Engineers in ...

... as well as the military mastery of space are large boosters, effective control of the capsule, and the ability to rendezvous, and all of the rest, so that there is an ... ; (2) stability and controllability; and (3) pilot training. Possible uses of the paraglider concept included recovery of future Spacecraft and rocket boosters. NASA—DOD jointly announced undertaking of a joint study ...

Capsule of DISCOVERER XVII ejected after 31 orbits and successfully snared at 9,000 feet by USAF C-119 aircraft, the second such recovery in midair of a space object. International Geophysical ... miles), a letter from USAF Chief of Staff to the Secretary of Defense carried in capsule recovered from DISCOVERER XVII . November 1960 November Nov 1 1960 1 Nov 2 1960 2 ...

... ." ''(PD, 4/20/70; 538-40; Text)'' NASA held series of three Apollo 13 post-recovery press conferences at MSC hosted by NASA Administrator, manned space fright officials, and technical specialists ... than I did yesterday." In New York, thousands watched recovery on giant TV screen at Grand Central Terminal, Loud applause sounded when capsule appeared in sky, at splashdown, and when astronauts appeared ...

... EDT 21 July, after a 142-hr 31-min mission. The rescue helicopter approached the capsule immediately and specialists opened hatch 5. Kubasov stepped out waving to rescue-team members, followed ... . The CM landed in "stable 2" position (upside down) 7.4 km from the prime recovery ship, U.S.S. New Orleans. After swimmers from the rescue helicopter righted the spacecraft ... a flotation collar, the Apollo was lifted by crane on to the deck of the recovery ship and Stafford, Brand, and Slayton stepped out to the cheers of the ship's ...

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