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... 's MARINER IV spacecraft (launched Nov. 28, 1964) to demonstrate techniques for controlling Mariner V (launched June 14, 1967) if its star tracker were to fail during Venus flyby Oct. 19. MARINER IV after ... 1965. Practice of procedures gave Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL engineers confidence in ability to stabilize MARINER V by gyros and to keep it oriented by ground command. Spacecraft would remain on inertial ...

... predoctoral traineeship grants to 1966 level. ''(Text)'' Astronomers reported in Science conclusion neither NASA's Mariner V ''(launched June 14, 1967, for flyby of planet Venus)'' nor U.S.S.R.'s ... )'' had made new determination of radius of planet, based on concurrent ranging from earth to Mariner V near encounter and to surface of Venus. Extrapolations of measurements had given surface values for ...

... Saturn IB launch vehicle production after completion of 14th ''(Saturn 214)'' and discontinuation of Saturn V at completion of first 15 vehicles. Single Saturn I workshop and single Apollo Telescope Mount ... million for lunar and $69 mil­lion for planetary-to support Mariner-Mars 1969 mission, reacquisi­tion of telemetry from Mariner V, and Mariner-Mars 1971 mission. Plan also supported in FY 1969, at ...

... transmitted scientific data on Martian atmosphere. Launched from Eastern Test Range ETR Nov. 28, 1964, MARINER IV had traveled 1.3 billion mi during its 959 days of flight and had ... to conduct simultaneous comparison of solar radiation during August 1967 "solar system line-up" involving MARINER IV , MARINER V (launched June 14), the earth, and the sun. ''(NASA Release 67-182)'' U.S ...

... magnetic properties around planet Venus as well as in interplanetary space would be studied as MARINER V (launched June 14) approached closer to Venus. Flight plan would take spacecraft within 2,500 ... to study oceans, "United States Activities in Spacecraft Oceanography," was published by National Council on Marine Resources and Engineering Development and jointly prepared by NASA, Naval Oceanographic Office, Bureau of Commercial ...

... extraordinary skill in applying techniques of electromagnetic communications to first successful reconnaissance on Mars by MARINER IV . The Ballantine Medal was awarded for outstanding achievement in the fields of communication and ... you for your congratulatory message and in my turn congratulate American scientists and technicians on . . . MARINER V ." ''(NAS-NRC-NAE News Report, 11/67, 6)'' October 1967 October Oct 1 1967 1 ...

... had been received from MARINER IV from ranges as great as 320 million km and that the spacecraft was still operating properly 36 mo after launch. Entire MARINER V mission, he said, "was conducted with such precision and competence as to draw cheers from even the most hardened professionals." Although successful Mariner missions had been accomplished ...

... 's speed and alter its aiming point slightly. Primary objectives of NASA's Lunar Orbiter V mission were: (1) to place three-axis-stabilized spacecraft into high-inclination lunar orbit; and ... . Last in series of five spacecraft designed to improve knowledge of the moon, Lunar Orbiter V differed from four earlier missions because it would concentrate on targets of primary interest to ... JPL -operated Deep Space Network . ''(NASA Proj .Off; NASA Release 67-192)'' NASA announced that MARINER V Venus probe8,225,000 mi from earth, 86,830,000 mi from sun, on trajectory ...

... Defense Communications Satellite Program ( Initial Defense Communications Satellite Program IDCSP ) comsats, one Lincoln Experimental Satellite V , one DOD Gravity Experiment (DODGE) satellite, and one Despun Antenna Test Satellite (DATS) -into circular ... of planets' gaseous atmospheres, and would compare findings with data transmitted by U.S.'s MARINER V and U.S.S.R.'s Venus IV spacecraft-both expected to reach Venus by ...

... lie in the field of large launch vehicles. Can we gap the production of Saturn V or will we have to terminate it?" Question required reexamination of uses of Titan III ... con­clusions, based on analysis of Soviet report and on data gathered by NASAS's Mariner V space probe as it flew by Venus' upper atmosphere, set planet's surface temperature at ... . for technical integration and evaluation in assembly of Apollo spacecraft's three modules with Saturn V launch vehicle. Con­tract, negotiated by NASA in drive to improve safety after Jan. 27 ...

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