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... simulated lunar trajectory in the fourth successful vehicle flight of six made to date. The Atlas booster operated as planned; Centaur ignited, burning for 7 min. 12 sec, and injected the ... soft landing on the lunar surface. Flight was designed to obtain data on several new Atlas-Centaur features and to continue evaluation of other components and systems tested during previous missions. Atlas-Centaur vehicle development for direct ascent missions was complete, and the vehicle was now capable ...

... OSSA Lunar and Planetary Programs Div.; project management was assigned to Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL ; Atlas-Centaur launch vehicle was managed to Lewis Research Center LeRC ; and prime contractor for spacecraft ... )'' USAF successfully launched an Advanced Ballistic Re-Entry System (ABRES) module from Vandenberg AFB by Atlas-D booster. ''(UPI, W Post, 11/8/67, A21)'' Explorer XXVII and Vanguard II had ...

... or commission that can be charged against NASA in the failure of the Agena’s Atlas launching rocket. If the hackneyed phrase ‘random failure’ ever was properly used, it was in describing yesterday’s trouble. “The Atlas, as a standard space launching vehicle, has had 49 successes in 52 attempts over the ... vehicle. There may well be no connection between these three separate incidents; but since the Atlas-Agena has been a highly reliable and successful instrument in other aspects of the nation ...

... H. Glenn is debriefed on his Mercury Atlas 6 flight. Media:MA06C.pdf Mercury Atlas 6 Pilot Debriefing Pt 1 Media:MA06D.pdf Mercury Atlas 6 Pilot Debriefing Pt 2 ORBITING SOLAR OBSERVATORY ... engineering of today and the years to come." USAF launched an unidentified satellite with an Atlas-Agena B from Point Arguello, Calif. March 1962 March Mar 1 1962 1 Mar 2 ...

... M. Schirra is debriefed after his Mercury Atlas 8 flight. Media:MA08A.pdf Mercury Atlas 8 Pilot Debriefing Pt 1 Media:MA08B.pdf Mercury Atlas 8 Pilot Debriefing Pt 2 Media:MA08_TE2.PDF Postlaunch memorandum of the 3rd Manned Orbital Space Flight (Mercury Atlas 8/Sigma 7) is released October 1962 October Oct 1 1962 1 Oct 2 1962 ...

USAF Atlas missile Atlas launched at Atlantic Missile Range AMR placed nose cone containing three black mice 650 miles ... ." Transmitter of EXPLORER VII failed to stop as programed. Camera mounted in nose of Atlas missile Atlas photographed stars at 700-mile altitude, providing first color picture of the earth from 600 ...

... , 78-65, 78-52; ARC Release 78-16) The Air Force Systems Command noted that Atlas launches planned at Vandenberg AFB as well as at Cape Canaveral in 1978 would use one of the oldest booster systems still working: first use of Atlas as a launch vehicle was in 1958. Atlas launches planned from Space Launch Complex 3 would support the USAF NavStar ... program; 2 NASA-sponsored satellites, Sea Satellite-A ( SEASAT ) and Tiros-N , would also use Atlas vehicles. (AFSC Newsreview, Apr 78, 3) The Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards AFB ...

... gas generators as part of the investigation. General Dynamics had monitored aerodynamic flow around the Atlas F during flight for hot gas from the exhaust plume impinging on the boattail. Temperatures ... operation of others. NASA had increased insulation on some wire bundles in SEASAT-A 's Atlas F ; more insulation around other rocket's components might also be added. Additional instruments installed ...

... of the INTELSAT IVA series, to be successful. NASA had launched the satellite on an Atlas Centaur into the desired transfer orbit, thus meeting all objectives. Orbital parameters had been 35 ... Space and Missile Test Command at Vandenberg AFB would launch SEASAT-A on a modified Atlas-F booster no earlier than June 26. Anthony Calio, associate administrator for space and terrestrial ...

... identified in the Delta III investigation, ruling out those factors that did not apply to Atlas F lights. When the investigators had determined that "an engine-brazing process that left voids ... standard procedure, with its Flight Certification Board certifying each set of RL10 engines for all Atlas missions. GAO published a report, "Space Station: Russian Commitment and Cost Control Problems," reiterating its ...

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