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... capability for blind landing. Microwave scanning-beam landing systems were in testing. Collision avoidance, v/STOL, and cargo-handling R&D had civil application. ''(Text)'' Dr. Frank D. Drake ... engineering support for Saturn ground computer systems and associated equipment. Contract would cover Oct. 1, 1968, through June 30, 1970. ''(MSFC Release 68-231)'' President Johnson announced resignation ...

... ''(NASA LAR III/132)'' Richard H. Nelson, Boeing's project manager for production of Saturn V rockets, said production was about 10 weeks behind schedule because of a parts shortage. ... telecommunications and was a commercial version of Hughes" Syncom satellite- ''(Miles, L. A. Times, 7/1/64)'' NASA-USAF Memorandum of Understanding defined responsibilities of NASA and various USAF organizations ...

... associated with the mission and determined the Orbital ATK Cygnus spacecraft, United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket and personnel are ready for launch. Cygnus is set to lift off on the ... that will occur during Expeditions 45 and 46. This first Cygnus mission using the Atlas V launch system provides increased performance and flexibility to the Orbital ATK cargo delivery service. In ... with the agency’s social media followers from 9 to 10:30 a.m.; at 1 p.m., scientists and researchers will discuss some of the investigations to be delivered; at ...

... = Bjarni Tryggvason titlestyle = image = Image:Astronaut_tryggvas.jpg 200px imagestyle = caption = Bjarni V. Tryggvason captionstyle = headerstyle = background: ccf; labelstyle = background: ddf; datastyle = text-align:right; header1 ... pilot with more than 4,500 hours of flight experience, and 1,800 hours as a flight instructor. Mr. Tryggvason is active ...

... Dornberger, W. ''New York, 1954: Viking Press, 281 pages, $5.00'' Translated from the German "V-2—Der Schuss ins Weltall", the book is by the former commanding general of ...

... recorded by the airline industry is hundreds to thousands of times safer than flying on a plane. But flying on a plane is one hundred times safer than driving a car. Of course, flying on a plane is much more expensive than driving, and flying in space is millions of times more expensive than flying on a plane. ---- Answer provided by Futron Corporation Image:K2S logosmall.jpg ...

... they use the development of pressure difference on the two sides of their wings to fly. In the absence of air, it would not be possible for birds to breathe or ... constituent gases become similar or identical to those on Earth, birds may be able to fly there too. In addition to the above-mentioned factors, prolonged exposure to micro-gravity or no gravity can induce changes in the bone structure and anatomy that may alter their flying capability. Not many experiments involving birds have been carried out by the ISS. ---- Answer provided ...

... probably not during launch and landing. It takes a lot of training and maturity to fly spacecraft. Controls are more like an airplane than a car. There is no gearshift. ---- Answer ...

... /15/68; Pres Rpt 68)'' NASA test pilot William H. Dana flew X-15 No. 1 rocket research air­craft to 104,500-ft altitude and 2,898 mph ''(mach 4 ... and test newly developed spray foam insulation planned for use on 2nd stages of Saturn V rock­ets beginning with vehicle eight. Foam was much lighter than insula­tion previously used to maintain low temperatures required for cry­ogenic propellants used in Saturn V. ''(X-15 Proj Off; MSFC Release 68-69)'' House Committee on Science and Astronautics decided ...

... cited for development and operation of manned spacecraft. ''(NAE PIO; MSC Roundup, 4/12/68, 1)'' USAF F-111A aircraft had been grounded by USAF pending results of in­vestigation of ... fighter-bomber . . and must be developed, tested and utilized to its fullest capability." ''(NYT, 4/1/68)'' AEC-NASA Space Nuclear Propulsion Office awarded Aerojet-General Corp. extension of cost-plus ... Saturn V operational display systems at MSFC, bringing total value of contracts to $3,899,548. ''(SFC Releases 68-57, 68-58)'' USAF awarded RCA $100,000 initial increment to $1.5 ...

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