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... interviewing Col. Frank Borman in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Let’s start a little bit pre-NASA. I want to start with a question that relates to when you were at ... that rub off. '''Harwood:''' Let’s talk about: You were teaching at West Point when Sputnik was launched— '''Borman:''' Right. '''Harwood:''' —in 1957. Do you recall what your thoughts were when ... said, “That’s your job,” so I went to do it. And when they launched Sputnik, it was a real shock to me because it appeared that the—you know, there ...

... young plains on Pluto exceeds all pre-flyby expectations.” This fascinating icy plains region -- resembling frozen mud cracks on Earth -- has been informally named “Sputnik Planum” (Sputnik Plain) after the Earth’s first ...

... for 17 issues until just before the outbreak of World War II. The last pre-war edition appearing in August 1939. There is some evidence in Clarke's ... in Great Britain - Exhibition of German Equipment - C. Fleisher Library Notes - Note to the Bibliography Staff - Robert Hutchings Goddard Obituary - ''' February-March 1946 ''' '''Vol 1 No 2''' '''Bulletin of ...

... information gathering, target considerations, analysis of flight paths, pre-launching and launching, missile airframes, computation, and telemetry. Extracted from the 1962 Publication ''Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961.'' by Frederick I. Ordway III Category:Annotated Bibliography of Space Science ...

... elements, aerodynamics, rocket propellants, rocket motor systems, instrumentation, nozzles, fins, cones, pre-flight testing, simple launchers, launching site setup, launching procedure, tracking, telemetering, ... organization, safety rules, and legal regulations. Extracted from the 1962 Publication ''Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History ...

... .R.'s Tu-144 delta-wing super­sonic transport successfully made 38-min maiden flight. ''(Pres Rpt 68; NASA Release 68-219; B Sun, 1/18/69, 28; Shabad, NYT, 1 ... ; Pres Rpt 68)'' Uspekhi SSSR v Issledovanii Kosmicheskogo Prostranstva. Pervoye Kosmicheskoye Desyatiletiye 1957-1967 U.S.S.R. Achievements in Space Research ''(First Decade in Space, 1957-1967)'' was published as Sputnik ...

Sixth anniversary of launching of SPUTNIK I , the opening of the Space Age. First flight-rated model of Gemini spacecraft (No. ... Conductor at Atlantic Missile Range AMR , Paul C. Donnelly, the spacecraft to be used for pre-flight checkout procedures leading to the first Gemini mission. This spacecraft will struc­turally simulate ...

... remember I graduated in 1958, and I believe ‘58 was the year that they put Sputnik up, wasn’t it? '''Rusnak:''' It was October of ‘57, and then NASA started in ... rules basically is the thing, is what we think we’re going to do, is pre-made decisions on what we’re going to do. Of course, they’re not decisions ... quantity, and this little old insert I was telling you about, when we did the pre-mission analysis, I said, “Well, the worst thing that could happen is it fall down ...

... the first artificial satellite, '' Sputnik 1 '', by the then, USSR. (It should be borne in mind that there were other pioneers in astronautics during this early pre- and post World War I ... first three, but he should now be included in the overall picture, especially since he pre-dated them. Frank H. Winter © Copyright October 2015 Category:Publications

... . This was followed, in 1957, by the first true space launch when the Soviets launched Sputnik I. This event spurred a surge in rocketry in the United States that culminated in ... operations infrastructure. Mission design brings together these variables to create a consistent, end-to-end (pre-launch to payload disposal) space mission. A successful mission design can be measured by the ...

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