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... -100)'' House Committee on Science and Astronautics" Subcommittee on NASA Oversight began hearings on Project Ranger . Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Joseph E. Karth (D.-Minn.) remarked that "the action that precipitated these ... Board of Inquiry (Kelley Board) prior to RANGER VI and the Hilburn Board following RANGER VI . Hilburn report outlined: (1) design changes effected after analyses of RANGER VI flight Bata; (2) changes agreed ...

... of failures using—some were launched with Thor, with Thor-Able rocket. These all preceded Ranger. There were a dozen failures, ten or eleven failures. Was it that high? Maybe not ... , but I'm not sure. There may have been another. How many Rangers were there? '''Dinkel:''' I've got Ranger 9, 7, 8, and 9. '''Cortright:''' There were nine. Seven, eight, and ... we agreed to have parallel programs, and Mariner started early on. That was similar to Ranger in many of its concepts, and the first one that worked. The first interplanetary mission ...

... or to coerce them to follow some pattern laid down by us." Magnification capability of Ranger and Surveyor opened way "for lunar and planetary investigations of a type and scope undreamed ... an In­ternational Aeronautical Exposition in U.S. ''(CR, 9/30/68, H9254; NASA LAR VII/101)'' LeRC began 18-mo program to flight-test advanced inlets and exhaust nozzles for ...

... yet unknown." ''(Pres, Doc, 12/20/65, 593)'' Editorial commentary in Washington Post on Gemini VII - GEMINI VI VI flight: "On the crowded globe beneath the soaring astronauts men were still ... experiments in which they closely matched the moon crater pictures transmitted to earth by the Ranger spacecraft. Laboratory results were confirmed in field tests. ''(AP, Wash. Eve, Star, 12/16/65 ...

... surface may also explain the absence of a visible dust cloud from the impacts of Rangers VI, VII, VIII, and IX.” ‘‘(Science, 3/25/66, 1561-63)’’ Dr. J. Allen Hynek , Northwestern ...

... Television Infrared Observation Satellite TIROS VII meteorological satellite had operated successfully in orbit three years, traveled more than 445,000,000 ... Eastern Test Range ETR ) June 19, 1963, it tracked major hurricanes and provided information aiding Ranger, Mariner, and Gemini missions. ''(AP, Balt. Sun, 6/19/66) Calculations by computer at Astronomisches ...

... NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va.; early space shuttle prototype models; Ranger, Telestar, Explorer XII, Mariner VII, Nimbus and other spacecraft models; X3 solar mirrors; and various space shuttle components ...

... stacks were not operating aroused apprehension that the flight might end prematurely. Next day Gemini VII 's fuel cells began to function satisfactorily, thereby assuring a full-duration mission. Astronauts Borman ... checked out all their spacecraft's systems and received reentry instructions, On Dec. 18, Gemini VII began a normal reentry when its four retrorockets fired automatically in correct sequence above the ...

... Sheet)'' Media:GT06_TEC.PDF Gemini Titan 6 Composite flight transcript Success of the Gemini VII -VI mission received worldwide acclaim: newspapers in France, Great Britain, Switzerland, Italy, and Cuba were ... , 29)'' Dr. Edward C. Welsh , Executive Secretary of the NASC, after watching the successful Gemini VII -VI rendezvous on television, told reporters that the accomplishment would lead to: (1) operation of ...

... -hr. flight. This was the first Ranger launch since October 1962, when extensive review of the Ranger project was undertaken because of previous Ranger failures. For RANGER VI , changes were made in subsystems to improve reliability and provide redundancy in some areas; also, sterilization requirements for Ranger spacecraft ...

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