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... LUNAR ORBITER II mission. Spacecraft had obtained 98% of planned prime site photography after it entered lunar orbit Nov. 10, 1966; equipment failure resulted in loss of other 2%. Because LUNAR ... over millions of miles and at rates comparable to exchange of information on earth; (3) communications and navigation satellites to meet increasing demands in commercial air transportation; (4) ...

... rejected amendment that would have eliminated $125 million for space shuttle system. ''(CR, 6/3/71, H4588-628)'' At Paris Air Show Apollo 14 Astronauts Alan B. Shepard , Jr., ... Lunokhod 1 lunar vehicle and Luna 16 unmanned spacecraft that had returned lunar samples to earth. Later astronauts and cosmonauts went to U.S. Pavilion where cosmonauts were shown Apollo 12 spacecraft and ...

... earth's distant geomagnetic tail. ISEE-3 also was the first spacecraft to make multiple swings by the moon and the first to use a lunar gravity-assist maneuver for targeting-escape trajectory. It made more gravity-assist maneuvers (five) than any other spacecraft. After the spacecraft completed most of the objectives ... wind on Halley's tail. The spacecraft would return in July 2012 to the vicinity of earth, where a lunar gravity-assist maneuver could place the spacecraft into an earth orbit from which ...

... -align:right; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Robert L. Crippen header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Sept 11 1937 header4 = label4 ... STS-1 (April 12-14, 1981), and was the spacecraft commander on STS-7 (June 18-24, 1983), STS-41C ... scientific observations of the earth with the OSTA-3 pallet and Large Format Camera, as well as ...

... datastyle = text-align:right; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Robert L. Stewart header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Aug 13 1942 header4 = label4 = Birth Place ... s represented man's first untethered operations from a spacecraft in flight. STS-51J Atlantis (October 3-7, 1985) was launched from Kennedy Space Center , ...

... communication. ISA and SpaceIL will share data with NASA from the SpaceIL lunar magnetometer installed aboard the spacecraft. The instrument, which was developed in collaboration with the Weizmann Institute of ... , Hubble detected a second, and much smaller, decrease in the star’s brightness approximately 3.5 hours later. This small decrease is consistent with a gravitationally-bound moon trailing ...

... Planning, said purpose of NASA Meteorology Program was to "develop and demonstrate sensors and spacecraft for making those meteorological measurements that will enable a continued improvement in weather ... the Apollo 11 lunar landing and to establish the Apollo Lunar Landing Commemorative Trust Fund." Measure was referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency. ''(CR, 3/3/71, H1254)'' ...

... , after a communications breakdown that left JPL scientists without contact during the last 3 hr of the spacecraft's journey of more than 650 million km through space. The stabilization system on ... area made it likely to encourage the presence of life, scientists said. Results from Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 suggested either that chemical processes never observed in earth laboratories occurred on ... of Montreal) more than 1600 km northeast of the Viking spacecraft 1 Viking 1 site. (W Star, 4 Sept 76, A-l; B Sun, 4 Sept 76, A-1; NYT, 4 Sept ...

... align:right; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Robert L. Curbeam Jr. header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Mar 5 1962 ... hours during three spacewalks. Curbeam served as a spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) responsible for relaying all voice ... Curbeam logged over 19 hours EVA hours in 3 space walks. The crew also relocated a docking ...

... :right; header1 = label1 = data1 = header2 = label2 = Birth Name data2 = Anna L. Fisher header3 = label3 = Birth Date data3 = Aug 24 1949 header4 = ... for verification and development testing for STS-2 , 3 and 4. For STS-5 to STS-7 ... 1984. She was accompanied by Captain Frederick (Rick) Hauck (spacecraft commander), Captain David M. Walker (pilot), and fellow ...

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