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... . If you weigh 100 pounds on Earth, you will only weigh 37.7 pounds on Mercury ---- Answer provided by Laura Peckyno & Robert Peckyno Image:K2S logosmall.jpg Question and Answer extracted ... /For%20Kids/KidstoSpace.html Click here Category:Kids To Space Category:Kids To Space - MERCURY

... Washington Post called the weaknesses in quality control mentioned in the final report on Project Mercury "shock­ing," calling for "sweeping revision Of control standards previously existing in the aeronautics industry ... , "The NASA re­port on Mercury and the GAO report alike suggest it may be necessary to proceed with more deliberation, caution and control." ''(Wash. Post, 10/6/63)'' Announced that transistorized ...

... unnecessary. . . . Reconnaissance satellites orbiting above may thus reduce the chance of war below." ''(MI, 3/6/67,10)'' Washington Evening Star commented on Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Sciences' open ... have resisted pressures from semi-informed sources condemning the pure oxygen environment that supported all Mercury and Gemini astronauts in space. And there is mounting evidence that the arbitrary 1970 goal ... payloads to Jupiter, Saturn, and Mercury, or within a few million miles of sun; and manned orbital flights to Mars and Venus. ''(Hines, W Star, 3/6/67,1; 3/7/67 ...

New York State Univ. had acquired two of 12 Atlas F ICBM sites near Plattsburgh, N.Y., for use as earth and space research laboratories. ... been turned over to CSA for disposal by USAF after deactivating and removing Atlas ICBM's. ''(NYT, 8/6/67,2)'' August 1967 August Aug 1 1967 1 Aug 2 1967 2 Aug 3 1967 3 Aug 4 1967 4 Aug 5 1967 5 Aug 6 1967 6 Aug 7 1967 7 Aug 8 1967 8 Aug 9 1967 9 Aug 10 ...

Second full-range Atlas missile Atlas ICBM impacted target area 6,325 miles down Atlantic Missile Range AMR . 1960 January 1960 January Jan 1 1960 1 ... 1960 2 Jan 3 1960 3 Jan 4 1960 4 Jan 5 1960 5 Jan 6 1960 6 Jan 7 1960 7 Jan 8 1960 8 Jan 9 1960 9 Jan 10 ...

... a new communications satellite series, from ESMC at Cape Canaveral , Fla., at 6:31 p.m. EST on an Atlas Centaur , into a transfer orbit with 35,950-kilometer apogee, 166.8 ... INTELSAT s. Cost of the launch was about $76.6 million, including $34 million for the spacecraft and $42 million for the Atlas Centaur and launch services. INTELSAT , with headquarters in Washington ... 1980 2 Dec 3 1980 3 Dec 4 1980 4 Dec 5 1980 5 Dec 6 1980 6 Dec 7 1980 7 Dec 8 1980 8 Dec 9 1980 9 Dec 10 ...

... . It launched at 4:44:57 p.m. EST Sunday on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 on Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida ... to be delivered with each mission. It’s also the first Cygnus mission using the Atlas V launch system. Science payloads will support science and research investigations that will occur during ... cargo spacecraft from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Cygnus will be grappled at approximately 6:10 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 9, by NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren, using the space ...

Findings presented at the American Astronomical Society 's Division of Planetary Sciences conference suggested that Mercury had an ice cap on its north pole, even though it was the planet nearest ... of Mercury. The brightest reflection on the planet's north pole indicated a highly reflective substance such as ice over an area of an estimated 150 square miles. (AP, Nov 6/91 ... 1991 2 Nov 3 1991 3 Nov 4 1991 4 Nov 5 1991 5 Nov 6 1991 6 Nov 7 1991 7 Nov 8 1991 8 Nov 9 1991 9 Nov 10 ...

EXPLORER VI ceased transmissions. USAF launched an Atlas missile Atlas ICBM and a Thor IRBM at their full range from Cape Canaveral .

... Mercury Redstone 4 Pilot debriefing 1961 Mercury Redstone 4 Press Releases 1961 File:Gus Grissom Press conference 1961.mp4 '''Liberty ...

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