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... S.R. published atlas on the far aide of the moon based on LUNIK III photographs. Japanese ... basic studies for launching an earth satellite. NASA LITTLE JOE test flight of Mercury capsule, capsule did not separate from booster. November 1960 November Nov 1 1960 1 ... Nov 3 1960 3 Nov 4 1960 4 Nov 5 1960 5 Nov 6 1960 6 Nov 7 1960 7 Nov 8 1960 8 Nov 9 1960 9 ...

... Use of USAF-developed Agena launch vehicles, replacing Feb. 1961 agreement under which NASA used Atlas-Agena and Thor-Agena vehicles for Ranger, Mariner, and Alouette projects. Signed by NASA Asso ... and administrative control of 11 remaining NASA Agena B stages transferred from USAF to NASA. Atlas-Agena vehicles for Project Gemini were covered by separate NASA-USAF agreement. ''(NASA Release 63 ... 1963 2 Sep 3 1963 3 Sep 4 1963 4 Sep 5 1963 5 Sep 6 1963 6 Sep 7 1963 7 Sep 8 1963 8 Sep 9 1963 9 Sep 10 ...

... Mercury—the NASA Mariner 10 mission in 1974-1975. A second mission, the MESSENGER mission (MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging) was launched in 2004 and will enter orbit around Mercury ... of the heavy gravity of the Sun and how fast Mercury moves, it actually takes more rocket fuel to go to Mercury than it does to leave the solar system Astronauts may be able to go to Mercury in the future, but such a trip ...

... stage on both Atlas and Titan III boosters, had helped launch Voyager 1 and 2, scheduled to fly by Jupiter and Saturn in 1979 and 1980. (Lewis News, Jan 6/78, 2 ... of a series of improved commercial communications satellites, at 7:15pm EST Jan. 6 from Cape Kennedy on an Atlas-Centaur into a transfer orbit. ComSat- Corp had fired the apogee kick ... behalf of INTELSAT would reimburse NASA under a launch-services agreement for costs of the Atlas-Centaur and the launch. The INTELSAT IV A program represented an investment by 101 nations ...

... who said ‘No ' went on to become one of mankind's most accomplished astronauts. Project Mercury was about “manned” space exploration. Both chimpanzees and Russian cosmonauts had been into orbit, but ... an interesting and informative resource. "If you want a capsule summary (pun intended)of project Mercury, they don't come much better than this one." satellite-evolution.com "A user friendly ...

... Goldstone to Mercury and back to Goldstone. Preliminary analysis of echo patterns indi­cated Mercury has rougher surface than Venus or Mars but same surface reflectivity as that of moon. Mercury experiment was to be conducted 12 hrs. per day May 6-29, at which time planet would move out of antenna ... more information concerning 100% oxygen over a time period, which we thoroughly support . . . ." ''(Transcript)'' May 6-9: Third National Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Space held in Chicago. NASA Administrator ...

... from KENNEDY SPACE CENTER KSC on an Atlas Centaur into a transfer orbit with 35,790-kilometer apogee, 166.7-kilometer perigee, and 26.6° inclination, and turned the craft after it ... command networks. FltSatCom 5 would serve over the eastern Pacific. DOD would reimburse NASA for Atlas Centaur and launch services. Lewis Research Center LeRC had management responsibility for development and operation ...

... hottest planet with temperatures reaching 800 degrees at its equator. However, inside the craters at Mercury's poles the temperatures were 235 below zero and scientists conceived that life might exist ... 's proposal for a mission to Mercury, named Hermes , which NASA was considering. The discussion occurred at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union . (AP, Dec 6/94) November 1994 November December ...

... 60 60 '''Page ''' - 202-208 '''Year''' - 2007 '''Keywords''' - Bepi-Colombo, interplanetary trajectory design, mission analysis, Mercury, low-thrust '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2007.60.202 '''Number of Pages''' - 7 Abstract BepiColombo will ... highly eccentric Earth orbit up to the polar orbits of the MMO (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, JAXA) and the MPO (Mercury Planetary Orbiter, ESA). Results for the interplanetary trajectory optimisation, including the lunar ...

... British Interplanetary Society for Volume 60 60 '''Page ''' - 314-320 '''Year''' - 2007 '''Keywords''' - BepiColombo, Mercury, Mercury Planetary Orbiter, Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, electrical propulsion '''JBIS Reference Code ''' - 2007.60.314 '''Number of Pages''' - 7 ... . The mission concept is introduced first, followed by considerations of the mission analysis and the Mercury environment. All these aspects lead to a specific system design, which is described in detail ...

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