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... 1964. The scientists would first receive a set of 199 high-quality pictures taken by RANGER VII 's "A" camera; photographs taken by other cameras would be sent later, NASA had also sent RANGER VII photographs to the European Space Research Organization , the European Launcher Development Organization, the International ...

... Applications, Dr. Homer E. Newell , NASA Associate Administrator for Space Science and Applications, said: "The Ranger pictures represent our major scientific achievement in 1964. In addition to their direct value as ... recognized generally. It is interesting to note how the information presented in the high resolution Ranger pictures has sent scientists scurrying back to the files of photographic plates taken years before ...

... air to ground Gemini Titan 3 Media:GT03_TE3.PDF Gemini Titan 3 transcript supplemental RANGER IX underwent a midcourse correction maneuver at 7:03 a.m. EST that would aim ... -sec. burn of a small jet engine, speeded up its flight by 40.6 mph, RANGER IX was then 175,416 mi. from earth, traveling at 2,943 mph. Newly estimated ... target point of 13° south latitude and 2,5° west longitude, Before the correction maneuver, RANGER IX was headed for a point about 400 mi. north of Alphonsus. Jet Propulsion Laboratory ...

... President Johnson and the Cabinet on both the two-man GT-3 flight and the RANGER IX photographic mission, Mr. Webb made these points: "The most significant accomplishment of the GT ... that at least two spots, and perhaps three, when we look more carefully at the RANGER IX pictures, are at least smooth enough for the Lunar Excursion Module LEM manned moon ... , NYT, 3/26/65)'' Tass reported that the Soviet Union was making extensive use of RANGER VII photographs presented to the Pulkovo Observatory: "Prof. Alexander Markov who supervised the study of ...

... efforts, Harris M. Schurmeier received an Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal for his direction of the Ranger program, President Johnson said: "A sense of history is present strongly here today. All of ... Release 65-100)'' It was announced that the special magnetic actuator which worked shutters on RANGERS VII, and IX that photographed the moon, and on all nine Tiros weather satellites would ...

... exploration. The article said: "Dr. Homer E. Newell , NASA associate administrator, told Congress last year: 'Ranger will play an important role in the support of Project Apollo ,' ... "Not a single change ... program's operational plan as a result of the Ranger findings, None is contemplated. The reason for this is simple. The Block III Rangers were incapable of producing any such data... , "The ...

... Agena second stage did not restart, leaving deep-space probe Ranger in parking orbit. Results reported to delay lunar-landing Ranger shot in early 1962. NASA announced that record Argo D-8 ...

... RANGER III was launched from Atlantic Missile Range AMR ; excessive acceleration by the Atlas 1st-stage ... signals too weak to provide usable television photographs from the ones RANGER took of the moon as it passed it. RANGER III went into orbit around the sun. The flight proved out ...

... in space exploration : launched into orbit were ARIEL Cosmos IV, and two unidentified USAF satellites; RANGER IV impacted the far side of the moon; and a U.S.-Japanese probe was launched from Wallops. RANGER IV impacted on the moon at 7:40:53 AM EST, ending a 231,486 ... .3° E, 15.5° 8, on a part of the moon never seen by man. RANGER IV's instrumentation, which ceased useful operation some ten hours after launch, never functioned again ...

... B , the Agena B stage attaining parking orbit and 25 min. later reigniting to send RANGER V toward the moon. The spacecraft's solar cells did not provide power, making it impossible for reception of flight-path correction signal and rendering its television cameras useless. RANGER V was to have relayed TV pictures of the lunar surface and rough-landed an ...

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