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... landing program. Dr. William Pickering , Director of Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL which is responsible for Ranger project management as well as its tracking and communications through Deep Space Network , said of ... attempts" Kenneth W. Gatland , Director of the British Interplanetary Society , referred to the failure of RANGER VI 's cameras to take pictures: "I should say this is one of the most ...

... we have reduced to contract language in our negotiations. . . ." Mr. Webb discussed the report on RANGER VI he had sent to Chairman Miller and Chairman Anderson: "This was an important flight ... success; this effort will be combined with lessons learned from the Ranger 6 failure to provide the best assurance of Ranger 7 success. We have invested the energy of some of the ... on that investment in both the near and the far future." ''(Testimony)'' At conclusion of Ranger management hearings by Subcommittee on NASA Oversight, House Committee on Science and Astronautics, Sub-committee ...

... have been foolish to settle for one success: "Just imagine that the Martians sent a Ranger-like camera to take pictures of the earth, With just one shot, they'd end ... anything about the earth from pictures of just one of these?" The Ranger program, just concluded with the success of RANGER IX , gave U.S. scientists good pictures of three different areas of the moon, Shoemaker said, "A Ranger picture is worth a million computer words." ''(Perez, Houston Post, 4/8/65)'' Panel on ...

... facility and thus save considerable time in its re-erection, If we can launch Gemini VII without serious damage to the launching pad, there is some possibility that we could immediately ... from the Texas White House that the U.S. would launch GEMINI VI and Gemini VII about 10 days apart and have them rendezvous in space. The double launching would probably ... after an Agena vehicle with which they were to dock exploded in space, In Gemini VII , set for a 14-day orbital journey, would be Astronauts Frank Borman (Maj. USAF) and ...

... , so we decided to take VI off of the test stand and put Gemini VII up and run VII mission. Well, that's a tremendous task to take one vehicle down. So ... , who at that time was head of NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC , to put VII up and then launch VII and then find out what the problem was on—then put VI up ... you feel was more challenging than the others? '''Barton:''' Well, I think Gemini VI and VII were the real challenges. After we had the failure, we had then to come to ...

... program . . . intended to achieve the high reliability required for Ranger lunar missions." Improvements resulting from test program would be incorporated in Rangers 7-9, launching of which would be delayed "several months ... Advanced Research and Technology. After intensive one-month study of Ranger system Board concluded that "certain improvements could be made in Ranger spacecraft design, construction, systems test and checkout which could contribute ...

... knew that we were pretty close together. Neck and neck really . But then with Gemini VII and VI, when we rendezvoused, that's the first time we had really beaten the ... the near abort situation. '''Bostick:''' Yes, that was the second attempt, as I recall. Gemini VII had already been launched and it was Wally Schirra was the commander. It shut down ... a lot. '''Butler:''' Always a goal, learning. Well, we've talked about Gemini VI and VII, of course, next came Gemini VIII, which, unfortunately, had quite a few—not quite a ...

... Exploding Oxidizer Tanks By Ralph Wallenhorst - Aerospace Reports - It's In The Bag - 1968 '''Vol. VII No.1''' Image:1968-01BR.jpg 100px - Space Trends In The 1970s - Management's Operations ... - Measuring Earth's Gravity By Don Norton - Aerospace Reports - Quai Vat Quai Vat - 1968 '''Vol. VII No.2''' Image:1968-02BR.jpg 100px - A Defense Of Research In Space - Flying Taxis ...

... the development of robotics technology in space, particularly in the area of satellite servicing. ETS-VII was an unmanned spacecraft developed and launched in November 1997 by the National Space Development ... and Automation, pp.739–744, 1996 note 7 K. Yoshida, “Engineering Test Satellite VII Flight Experiments For Space Robot Dynamics and Control: Theories on Laboratory Test Beds Ten Years ...

... Northrop Corp. for negotiation of con­tract to support Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL in Project Ranger design review, reliability studies, documentation, systems testing, checkout, and spacecraft launch operations support.. Contract would ... be assigned complete spacecraft system responsibility for the Ranger program" beginning with Rangers to be launched in 1965; Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL would retain Ranger-project management. ''(NASA Release 63-50)'' Three-stage ...

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