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... a technical review board to conduct reliability analysis of the Ranger program and to study reliability of future Ranger spacecraft. Cause of RANGER V's failure to get power from its panels of ...

... stringent rules on sterilization of spacecraft components constituted one of the greatest problems in Project Ranger. NASA policy to prevent contamination of the moon by terrestrial germs did not require sterilization ... rays, and heat). Relaxation of strict sterilization rules for Ranger spacecraft was one of the changes being considered in "re-orientation" of Project Ranger , Cortright indicated. Japanese Meteorological Observatory reported abnormal atmospheric ...

... time completing mundane tasks, such as collecting tools, establishing footholds, and cleaning up. Scientists hoped Ranger could perform such tasks under the command of an operator located in space or even ... contracted through an aerospace firm. During the tests, the University of Maryland's team operated Ranger remotely from its campus hundreds of miles away from MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC 's ...

... I think they were often referred to as the pioneer programs. The first one was Ranger. Ranger went to the Moon, and it had television cameras—I mean two sets of cameras ... was to take close-up pictures of the Moon, closer and in more detail than Ranger did. I don’t know all of the details in it, but I can basically ...

... Moon. There were three series of robotic spacecraft before Project Apollo. They were Ranger, Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor. Rangers 7-9 photographed the Moon up close before crashing on it. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/ranger.html (See CDROM) http://history.nasa.gov/SP-4210/pages/Cover.htm (See CDROM) Lunar ...

... TIROS VIII (A-53) meteorological satellite was placed in orbit by NASA, using a Thor-Delta booster ... : apogee, 474 mi.; perigee, 431 mi.; period, 99.3 min. ; in­clination, 58.49°. TIROS VIII , in addition to the usual wide-angle TV camera transmitting cloud-cover pictures once an ...

... . Col. Peter Romo, staff meteorologist of AFMTC, said his office was using photographs from TIROS VIII in its weather predictions for missile launchings from Cape Kennedy . APT (Automatic Picture Transmis­sion) ground-receiving station was installed in mobile trailer at AFMTC for receiving the TIROS VIII photographs. ''(M&R, 1/6/64, 16)'' USAF F-104 squadron completed first nonstop tactical ...

... ­nation. ''(SBD, 6/25/68, 272; Pres Rpt 68)'' Analysis of data returned by Pioneer VIII had led ARC scientists to spec­ulate that earth's magnetic tail, extension of its ... , 1967, launch, were similar. However, instead of smooth cylindrical structure expected at smaller distance, Pioneer VIII found conditions resembling turbulent wake, leading some scientists to conclude tail was shorter. Others, including ...

... II was follow-on Tetr I ''(formerly desig­nated Tts I; launched pickaback on Pioneer VIII Dec. 13, 1967)'', which was highly successful in testing Apollo communications network. Primary mission objective ... data. Pioneer VI ''(launched Dec. 16, 1965)'', Pioneer VII ''(launched Aug. 17, 1966)'', and Pioneer VIII ''(launched Dec. 16, 1967)'' were all suc­cessful and were continuing to transmit excellent data ...

December 15-19: NASA successfully launched Essa VIII ''(TOS-F)'', eighth meteorological satellite in ESSA's Tiros Operational Satellite ''(TOs)'' sys­tem, from ... -min period, and 101.9° inclination. An advanced version of cartwheel configuration, 300-lb Essa VIII carried two Automatic Picture Transmission ''(APT)'' cameras which would photograph earth's cloud cover and ...

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