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... irregular cloud-like object (upper left) were apparent. August 4-5: Scientific instruments on board Mariner VII collected detailed data on the Mars surface and atmosphere as the spacecraft made its ... be shallow crater or collapsed area, was strangely free of meteorite impact craters. Mariner VII (launched March 27) with Mariner VI (launched Feb. 24) had provided most detailed information to date on ...

... ) was held at NASA Hq. Some 200 TV pictures of Mars were taken by two Mariners, including 57 high- and medium-resolution views of selected Martian surface areas from altitude of ... of Mars. . . Dr. Norman H. Horowitz of Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL presented biological implications of Mariner 1969 results. "There is nothing in the new data that encourages the belief that Mars is a body of life. But the results don't exclude this possibility. . . . The Mariner 6 and 7 data strengthen the previous conclusion that the scarcity of water on Mars ...

... Jet Propulsion Laboratory on 10th anniversary of arrival at Venus of Mariner 2, launched by NASA Aug. 27, 1962. Five more Mariners-designed and built by Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL engineers-had ... of Venus was 75 to 100 times more dense than earth's. Mariner 6 (launched Feb. 24, 1969) and Mariner 7 (launched Mar. 27, 1969) took photographs of Mars surface from as close as 3500 km (2200 mi). Mariner 9 (launched May 30, 1971) gathered data during 698 revolutions of Mars, provided map of ...

... collection. Because a commanded roll search for Canopus would expend all remaining attitude-control gas, Mariner 10 had to be maneuvered using solar-radiation pressure on the solar panels and high ... . However, the primary users West German scientists tracking Helios 1 -gave receiving time to the Mariner 10 flight controllers, who obtained Canopus lock in time for the encounter. Major objective of ...

... , and transmitted to earth the first closeup photographs ever taken of the cloud-shrouded planet. Mariner 10 had confirmed the high-speed circulation of Venus' upper atmosphere and revealed circulation patterns ... temperature-inversion zones suggestive of deeper stratiform cloud layers. First spacecraft to use the technique, Mariner 10 used the gravity of Venus to speed it on toward Mercury. The probe flew ...

... logged 120 hours in space. Organizations Member of Sigma Delta Psi, Alpha Tau Omega, the Marine Corps Aviation Association, and SETP. Special Honours Recipient of the Air Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Navy Achievement Medal, Meritorious Unit Citation, Marine Corps Aviation Association Special Category Award 1982, NASA Meritorious Service Medal 1988, and NASA Space ...

... Shield/Desert Storm aboard the USS Nassau. While assigned to VMA-331, he attended the Marine Aviation Warfare and Tactics Instructor Course and was subsequently assigned as the Squadron Weapons and ... Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Meritorious Service Medal, Strike/Flight Air Medal, Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals, Combat Action Ribbon, Navy Unit Commendation and various other service awards. Other ...

... . '''O'Connor:''' Sure. I grew up in a military family. My dad was a career Marine pilot and so, from my earliest days, I remember seeing him coming home in a ... time to select a service and an occupation, I went for Marine Corps aviation. The first step in being a Marine officer isn’t to go to flight school; the first step ... the same time anyway as I did. So having that other two years with the Marine Corps, I thought was beneficial later on for me, gave me that extra acquisition experience ...

... radiation creates isotopes in earth’s atmosphere daily that fall into the oceans, and the marine life still survives. See http://www.waterencyclopedia.com/Po-Re/Radionuclides-in-the-Ocean.html ... , several nuke subs unfortunately have been lost over the decades, without noticeable harmful effects on marine life. Finally, the Soviet Union crapped up its fresh and salt waters with radioactivity real ...

... non-rotating status for Venus. This observation together with other ground measurements and data from MARINER II 's magnetometer indicated Venus has very low, if any, magnetic field. Analysis indicated solar ... location of Goldstone Tracking Station to within 20 yards, calculated to within 100 yards before MARINER II mis­sion; to determine value of Astronomical Unit, established by radar observations as 92 ...

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