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... , to determine atmospheric distortion of observations of earth surface from space. Additional observations from Soyuz IX in June 1970 and automated measurements from unmanned Cosmos CCXLIII launched Sept. 23, 1968, had ... felt effects of weightlessness were not dangerous unless experienced for more than one month. Soyuz IX cosmonauts displayed photos of June 2 launch and colored films taken inside spacecraft during 18 ...

... ., under theme "Aerospace for Man's Needs." Display included Space Shuttle and Skylab mockup. Soyuz IX Cosmonauts Andrian G. Nikolayev and Vitaly I. Sevastyanov toured exhibits as American Institute of Aeronautics ... .R. would attempt longer missions in space before beginning to build orbiting space station. Soyuz IX mission had ended after completion of scheduled experiments but spacecraft was capable of flight longer ...

... and, where necessary, shall adopt appropriate measures for this purpose. '' So provides, in part, Article IX of the 1967 United Nations Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the ... of back contamination creating adverse changes on Earth pursuant to the concerns addressed in Article IX of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty). From one perspective, however, since we also presently are ...

... Rocket EVE Supporting Tune-up of SDO EVE Instrument''' EVE Launch Postponed The Black Brant IX sounding rocket carrying the EVE scientific payload schedule for launch May 25 at the White ... , from the University of Colorado, Boulder, to observe the sun from a NASA Black Brant IX sounding rocket at 3:02 p.m. EDT May 25 at the White Sands Missile ... instruments still are degrading in space.” The EVE on the 56.5-foot Black Brant IX sounding rocket is expected to fly to approximately 180 miles altitude during a 16-minute ...

... de­ signed to make a giant stride in lunar exploration technology beyond that of the Ranger. Surveyor will demonstrate soft landing technology , will survey various landing areas on the lunar surface ... restricted during FY 1963 to permit reprogramming of funds into more critical areas in the Ranger and Surveyor landing programs. Design work has proceeded, however, and has resulted in . . . a system ...

... territory. ''(AP, Wash. Post, 12/14/63)'' Cancellation of five follow-on flights of the Ranger lunar impact spacecraft announced by NASA Associate Administrator for Space Sciences and Applications Dr. Homer ... . Dr. Newell said: "By this move, we are placing greater reliance on the remaining four Rangers, the Surveyor landers and the Lunar Orbiters for unmanned lunar exploration prior to manned landings ...

... by the U.S. ''(NYT, 2/11/64)'' Examining the failure of RANGER VI as well as previous Ranger lunar probes, William Coughlin pointed out in Missiles and Rockets editorial that Jet Propulsion Laboratory , Ranger project manager, is "the only NASA facility where NASA owns all the land, owns all ...

... on its hearings on the repeated failures in the Ranger spacecraft program. The committee concluded that NASA provided too little direction on Ranger, while Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL was too resistant to ... appointed as deputy to JPL director to be in charge of complex projects such as Ranger; (3) NASA should streamline its relationship to JPL to achieve JPL responsiveness to NASA direction ...

NASA's RANGER VII spacecraft was launched from Cape Kennedy on its flight to the moon. After an ... into a parking orbit around the earth, and then the Agena engines refired to place RANGER VII on its trajectory to the moon. The spacecraft carried six television cameras designed to ... the moon. The launching was so accurate that, even without the standard midcourse correction maneuver, RANGER VII would hit the moon. However, scientists wanted pictures of the "Sea of Clouds" region ...

... ¦ longItude, 68 hrs. and 36 min. after takeoff. At news conference on preliminary results from RANGER VII, held at Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL , principal experimenter Dr. Gerard P. Kuiper of Univ ... ." ''(NASA Transcripts)'' President Johnson personally congratulated scientists and technicians responsible for the successful flight of RANGER VII. He congratulated Dr. William Pickering, Director of JPL, and Dr. Homer Newell, NASA Associate ...

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