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REDIRECT Vladimir Artemyev

REDIRECT Arthur Valentine Cleaver

... Australia. Surveyor V and Biosatellite II projects were carried out by two different NASA teams. Participants had included scientists and engineers from Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL and Hughes Aircraft Co. for Surveyor V, ARC ... the launch vehicle, Surveyor V automatically acquired the sun and responded to commands to turn its transmitter to low power. Spacecraft telemetry indicated that all systems were operational. The Surveyor V midcourse correction was ...

... the moon." Efforts to reestablish communications with Surveyor V , which had soft-landed Sept. 10, for simultaneous communications with Surveyor VI, proved futile. On Nov. 17 Surveyor VI's vernier engines were fired for ... of Surveyor VI was nearly flawless. SURVEYOR I (launched May 30,1966) , SURVEYOR III (launched April 17,1967) , and Surveyor V (launched Sept. 8,1967) had all soft-landed successfully and transmitted photos to earth. SURVEYOR ...

... of Surveyor VII, final mission in NASA's Surveyor pro­gram to analyze lunar surface, was excellent. Surveyor I ''(launched May 30, 1966)'' , Surveyor III ''(launched April 17, 1967)'', Surveyor V ''(launched Sept. 8, 1967)'', and Surveyor ... ''(launched Sept. 20, 1966)'' had failed to softland because of an ignition failure. Communications with Surveyor IV ''(launched July 14, 1967)'' were lost seconds before spacecraft was scheduled to softland, and ...

NASA Surveyor V spacecraft on the moon responded to turn-on commands from Goldstone, Calif., station at beginning ... 's sinking or being covered by sticky soil in maria sites investigated. simultaneous operation of Surveyors V and VI would permit measurement of moon's "wobble" or physical libration by obtaining spacecraft ...

... to that of a silicate of a basaltic type." "Material of basaltic composition at the Surveyor V landing site implies that differentiation has occurred in the moon," which summary attributed to "internal ... , and other observations indicated soil had significant amounts of fine-grained material and measurable cohesion. Surveyor V had provided first direct chemical analysis of lunar surface. Lunar magnet experiment produced results, that ...

... on Science and Astronautics' Manned Space Flight Subcommittee, on floor of House praised NASA's Surveyor program: "It successfully demonstrated the technique of soft-landing and . . . with the successfully concluded Lunar ... example, Surveyor V determined that the surface was made up of the same elements common to the surface of the earth; namely, oxygen, silicon, and aluminum. He concluded: "Since both Surveyor and its ...

... reported. ''(Text)'' New York Times editorial praised success of NASA's Surveyor V , launched Sept. 8 : "If present indications are confirmed, Surveyor 5 has made one the fundamental scientific discoveries of the century ... that the moon was torn from the earth. . . . Certainly much more evidence is required . . . but Surveyor 5 has performed a notable feat. Moreover it has demonstrated again how much can be ...

... -243)'' Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL scientists continued efforts to reestablish contact with Surveyors V and VI resting on the moon. Surveyor V (launched Sept. 8) had responded immediately to turn-on commands during its ... Panel Positioner on Dec. 16, transponder signals were lost, and complete loss of signal occurred. Surveyor VI (launched Nov. 7) had also responded to turn-on commands Dec. 14, but telemetry ...

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