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... ROCKET PROPELLANT HANDBOOK''' by Kit, B. and S. S. Evered ''New York, 1960: Macmillan Co., 345 pages, $15.00'' Some 100 ... four major sections: (1) "Fundamentals of Rocket Propellants," (2) "Inorganic Additives," (3) "Organic Propellants," and (4) "Pressurizing Gases." Definitions, tables of propellant data and conversion factors are given in three appendices ...

... ELECTROSTATIC PROPULSION''' by Langmuir, D. B., E. Stuhlinger and J. M. Seilen (eds) ''New York, 1961: Academic Press, 579 pages, $5. ... four major areas: (1) ion generation, (2) ion acceleration and impact effects, (3) neutralization, and (4) techniques and testing. Among the titles are: "Experimental Performance of Ion Rockets Employing Electron-Bombardment ...

... ­quires a major effect to determine whether these problems can be solved." ''(Testimony)'' Alton B. Mood, Chief of Future Applications Satellites in NASA Office of Applications, testified before House ... system for an X­-band radar to enhance re-entry communications. ''(Newport News Times-Herald, 4/4/63)'' Ham, first chimpanzee to be successfully launched on (suborbital) flight, became a permanent ...

... 's first two-man flight this spring. ''(KSC Release 3-65)'' According to Dr. Harold B. Finger , Manager of AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office ( SNPO ) NASA would not spend any ... U.S. pioneering program of deep-space research and accomplished much more than getting the 4,300 lunar photographs. It established the worth and feasibility of the 'parking orbit' and other ... be built and staffed for the $28 million that Ranger VII alone cost. . . ." (CSM, 1/4/65)'' Gen. Bernard A. Schriever (USAF) announced the activation of the Contract Management Div., Air ...

... performance; (3) conduct more periodic surveys and audits of program progress and performance; and (4) include sharper incentives and penalties in contract relationships. Only major changes in Apollo spacecraft ... but said he was not certain these deaths were involved in the space program. ''(AP, B Sun, 5/5/67)'' NASA Nike-Cajun sounding rocket launched from Wallops Station carried ...

... .; Robert A. Roe, N.J.; John F. Seiberling, Jr., Ohio; William R. Cotter, Conn.; Charles B. Rangel, N.Y.; Morgan F. Murphy, Ill.; Mike McCormack, Wash. Minority (Republican) members were: James ... . ; Marvin L. Esch, Mich. ; R. Lawrence Coughlin, Pa.; John N. Happy Camp, Okla. ''(CR, 2/4/71, H428, H434)'' Winners of 11th annual Federal Women's Award were announced by Patricia ... ft) into moon. Crew was granted 30-min extension on EVA and reentered LM after 4 hrs 49 min. After resting inside LM and checking plans for second EVA period, astronauts ...

... first two Skylab launch vehicles and their spacecraft on Kennedy Space Center Pads 39A and B, with crew participation, had been completed, NASA announced. Both launches remained on schedule for May ... these meteorites and, by customary extension, of the solar system. ''(Herzog et al., Science, 5/4/73, 489)'' Award by Lewis Research Center of a $2 833 780 contract to General ... test facility to bench-test advanced turbines and combustors for future aircraft. ''(Lewis News, 5/4/73, 4)'' April 1973 April May 1973 May May 1 1973 1 May 2 1973 2 ...

... 1972, was still working well, exceeding its design life by more than six months. ERTS-B, previously planned for 1976 launch, had been moved to 1975. A number of NASA and ... , performance per gallon of fuel was expected to improve 25% over the conventional engine. ''(Transcript)'' 4-8 February: The first meeting of the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization's Assembly of Parties ...

... 4/91; LA Times, May 4/91; NY Times, May 5/91; P Inq, May 5/91; W Post, May 5/91; CSM, May 6/91) The wire services commemorated astronaut Alan B. Shepard 's flight 30 years ago on May 5 as the first American in space. (AP, May 4/91; UPI, May 4/91) April 1991 April May 1991 May May 1 1991 1 May 2 1991 2 May 3 1991 3 May 4 1991 4 May 5 1991 5 May 6 1991 6 May 7 1991 7 May 8 ...

... example, a future high-speed civil transport could fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in 4 1/2 hours instead of the 10 hours taken by present subsonic passenger planes. While ... ; P Inq, Feb 4/92; NY Times, Feb 4/92; USA Today, Feb 4/92; W Post, Feb 4/92; W Times, Feb 4/92; LA Times, Feb 4/92; B Sun, Feb 4/92) Dr. Mark M ... and that the new European telescopes would leave American astronomers far behind. (NY Times, Feb 4/92) January 1992 January February 1992 February Feb 1 1992 1 Feb 2 1992 2 ...

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