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... program . . . intended to achieve the high reliability required for Ranger lunar missions." Improvements resulting from test program would be incorporated in Rangers 7-9, launching of which would be delayed "several months ... Advanced Research and Technology. After intensive one-month study of Ranger system Board concluded that "certain improvements could be made in Ranger spacecraft design, construction, systems test and checkout which could contribute ...

... earth but the second stage of Delta burned 11 sec. too long and pushed TIROS IX into an elliptical orbit with apogee 1,602 mi., perigee 426 mi., inclination 81.6 ... position and snap a picture, triggered by an infrared horizon sensor. The combination of TIROS IX 's polar orbit (83.4°) and rolling wheel was expected to provide 100% photographic coverage of the earth's cloud cover during daylight hours. Primary purpose of the TIROS IX launching was to test the new cartwheel concept as a forerunner of a joint NASA ...

... -like covering and antennas opened and radio transmissions began. Jodrell Bank Experimental Station announced LUNA IX had transmitted facsimile pictures of the moon from the time it landed at 1:45 ... Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are to be congratulated for the great success of Luna IX . Your accomplishment is one that can benefit all mankind. And all mankind applauds it. Your ...

... Northrop Corp. for negotiation of con­tract to support Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL in Project Ranger design review, reliability studies, documentation, systems testing, checkout, and spacecraft launch operations support.. Contract would ... be assigned complete spacecraft system responsibility for the Ranger program" beginning with Rangers to be launched in 1965; Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL would retain Ranger-project management. ''(NASA Release 63-50)'' Three-stage ...

... -08-05.pdf Space News for this day. (2MB PDF) RANGER VII briefing to members of Congress, with Harris ''("Bud")'' Schurmeier, Ranger Project Manager, Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL , and Dr. Gerard P ... received $1,000 award for their contribution of Trajectory-Correction Propulsion System, used recently in RANGER VII lunar photography mission. Wilmer H. Reed III of Lam received $1,500 award for ...

... anticipated and more telemetry data had been lost during midcourse maneuver than had been expected. RANGER VIII had been launched Feb. 17 from Cape Kennedy . ''(NASA Transcript; Appel, NYT, 2/21 ... . Gerard P. Kuiper of the Univ. of Arizona, heading the panel for scientific evaluation of RANGER VIII photographs, said at a press conference that one of the most important results of ...

... -9 ) the lesson that the kinds of experiments on these flights I lunar photography of RANGER VIII and PEGASUS I micrometeoroid detection satellite on Saturn I ) proved there were many unmeasured ... the answers to lunar questions critical to the Apollo program, and concluded: "The two successful Ranger shots, however, make clear that much valuable information can be gathered about the earth's ...

... . Webb presented Cdr. Schirra with the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. Analysis of scientific measurements by RANGER III lunar probe showed gamma ray intensity in interplanetary space probably is 10 times greater ... . NASA announced five additional lunar spacecraft would be launched in Project Ranger during 1964. The live additions brought total scheduled Rangers to 14. Beginning of two-month-long Project Firefly under USAF ...

... Exploration and Use of Outer Space, was critical of Jodrell Bank ’s publication of LUNA IX photos and said that Jodrell Bank lacked the correct vertical and horizontal scales: “The horizontal ... /6/66, A14)’’ U.S. monitors had received photographs transmitted from the moon by LUNA IX , Dr. Edward C. Welsh, NASC Executive Secretary, told the press: “We have obtained some information ...

... transmitted to earth in 100 min. Spacecraft contained no solar batteries. Lebedinsky revealed that LUNA IX had “shifted between the second and third transmissions of the panorama, and as a result ... itself." He expressed confidence that the lunar surface could support manned spacecraft. Lebedinsky said LUNA IX had measured rate of radiation in outer space at 30 millirads a day and that ...

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