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... Dec. 2, during which time ground equipment would be "tuned up." Unnamed NASA spokesman said MARINER II was sending "about 90 kinds of information" from interplanetary space, despite power drop of Oct ... . Glenn , Jr. (USMC) was awarded the Alfred A. Cunningham Trophy for being selected as the Marine Aviator of the Year. Mercury Astronaut Glenn orbited the earth three times in first U ...

... MARINER II reported by Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL to have again lost power from one of its ... between October 31 and November 7, after which it suddenly returned to life). Temperatures in MARINER continued to mount within 20° F of what was foreseen (200° F on sunward face ...

... /63)'' Results of optical astronomy, radioastronomy, and radarastronomy observations of planet Venus as well as MARINER II Venus fly-by data were discussed at American Geophysical Union's annual meeting, Washington, D ... their respective designees. S. 132 would also include Administrator of FAA. ''(NASA Leg. Act. Rpt. II/55 and 56; ltr, NASA ad­ministrator to Hon. Warren G. Magnuson, 4/17/63 ...

... Mercury space flights; Gemini spacecraft and Titan II launch vehicle test-flight; Apollo spacecraft development; first close. up observations of another planet ''(Venus)'' with MARINER II and pictures of the moon with RANGER ...

... Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientists reported that MARINER II Venus probe was disoriented on Sept. 8, by either a micrometeorite impact or a solar ... and would include four test stands for static-firing Advanced Saturn S-IC and S-II stages; about 20 support and service buildings would be built in the first phase. Water ...

... , continuing from October 1 for about three months, would be compared with those obtained by MARINER II spacecraft when it flies in vicinity of Venus. NASA officials said five experiments aboard EXPLORER ... was considering relaxing its requirements and requesting bidders to compromise on price. W. Randolph Lovelace II, of Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research, told 200 space experts from 14 countries ...

... first steps toward developing an environmental warfare capability. We are using satellite weather from TIROS II for current tactical operations and more accurate long-range weather predictions. . . . Some experiments in fog ... orbital flight three times, provided man with his first close-up of another planet with MARINER II 's fly-by of Venus, brought global communications a step closer with the orbiting of ...

... . ''(UPI, Wash. Post, 1/5/63 ; AP, Wash. Eve. Star,1/5/63, A1, A3)'' MARINER II ceased transmitting scientific data to earth. The spacecraft was 5.7 million mi. beyond planet ...

... appears to rotate in direction opposite that of earth. These results combined with those from MARINER II Venus probe, provided evidence that Venus is swept by winds at hundreds of mph, which ...

... -63)'' At the White House, President Kennedy was presented with one-eighth scale model of MARINER II Venus probe by NASA Administrator James E. Webb , JPL, Director William H. Pickering , and other ...

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