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... ; RAE-B Radio Astronomy Explorer; United Kingdom's Skynet II-A comsat; Mariner mission to fly by Venus and Mercury; ITOS-E Improved Tiros Operational Satellite; ERTS-B Earth Resources Technology ... the Soviet launch site during liftoff of Soyuz spacecraft. See March 15-30. ''(Av Wk, 1/1/73, 13)'' An Aviation Week & Space Technology editorial noted the aerospace indus­try forecast for ...

... the countries, can enhance. our capabilities" for progress together. Astronaut Donald K. Slayton , who would fly his first mission since he was disqualified from Project Mercury's Aurora 7 flight (launched ... launches, as well as Little Joe II in support of the Apollo program. ''(CR, 2/1/73, S1798; Draft KSC Hist Note, 2/72)'' January 1973 January February 1973 February Feb ...

... 15% higher speed without increased fuel consumption; and the world's first digital fly-by-wire control aircraft with a computer-controlled electronic system. The clean combustion ... now carrying three-quarters of the world's intercontinental telecommunications traffic." ''(CR, 10/1/73, S18200)'' Dr. Alexander Rocker, European Space Research Organization ( ESRO ) Director General, sent ...

... first mission would remain unchanged. The second Mariner, trailing the first by 9 mo, would fly a lower speed trajectory to allow a bigger slingshot effect from Saturn's gravity for ... acceptance of experiments, and approval of integration tests; and coordination of training programs. ( ESA release, 1 Mar 76) The European Space Agency ( ESA ) announced an agreement on loan of a radiometer ...

... researcher at the Mass. Inst. of Technology. The three payload specialists not chosen to fly would be backup specialists and would participate in ground-based mission activities at ... its payload specialists from among thousands of applicants from its member states. The Spacelab 1 mission would investigate stratosphere and upper atmosphere physics, materials processing, space plasma physics, ...

... had played havoc with Pioneer's radio signals. Pioneer was not designed in 1967 to fly to Saturn; that mission arose only after a successful Jupiter flyby in 1974, calling at ... to fly through Saturn's rings on what the Washington Post called a "kamikaze mission." The most dangerous moment of the 6.5-year 2-millionmile journey would be crossing September 1 ... recently launched Soviet satellite might interfere with reception of Pioneer data, being "between 100 and 1,000 times stronger than the signals we were receiving from our spacecraft." Aerospace Daily said ...

... Challenger , with Weitz at the controls, landed at Edwards Air Force Base April 9 at 1:53 p.m. EST. Lt. Gen. James A. Abrahamson , NASA associate administrator for space ... a communications link needed for the European Space Agency 's ( ESA ) Spacelab mission due to fly on STS-9 ; Spacelab would carry about 40 scientific experiments requiring constant communications with ...

... lay in the instructions given the White Sands computers and that he expected Spacelab to fly on time. The crew also underwent tests by Dr. William Thornton on the causes of ... o'clock in morning to welcome us back" Thornton, the oldest person at 54 to fly in space, was visibly moved by the welcome and said "I know of no point ... /83, IA; Time, Sept 12/83, 42) August 1983 August September 1983 September Sep 1 1983 1 Sep 2 1983 2 Sep 3 1983 3 Sep 4 1983 4 Sep 5 1983 ...

... . in manned space flight to be a good example of international cooperation." Spacelab D-1 , scheduled to fly on the seven-day Space Shuttle orbiter Columbia mission STS61-A 61-A no ... (EURECA), a free-flying apparatus of experiments, and project "Columbus," internationally manned space station modules. (Spaceport News, May 10/85, 5) April 1985 April May 1985 May May 1 1985 1 May 2 ...

... student photography experiment, "CAN DO," from the Charleston County School District, South Carolina, scheduled to fly on the Space Shuttle Columbia March 6 was rescheduled for April 5-24. The goal of the experiment was to observe Comet Halley from NASA's high-flying Kuiper Airborne Observatory aircraft, a converted C-141. The aircraft was scheduled for several high ... 2/86; NY Times, Apr 2/86) March 1986 March April 1986 April Apr 1 1986 1 Apr 2 1986 2 Apr 3 1986 3 Apr 4 1986 4 Apr 5 1986 ...

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