1600 km from launch site 217 hr 28 min 148.9 rev. Mission aborted, stage-separation malfunction of A-2 booster; crew landed in Siberia. Docked with Salyut 4 on 25 May; communicated with Soyus 19 during ASTP; broke Soviet duration record. Docked with Apollo (ASTP) 17 July; after 19 July undocking, performed biological experiments; launch and soft landing first televised by Soviets in real time. Docked with Soyuz 19 on 17 July; after 19 July undocking, simulated solar eclipse for other spacecraft and performed science experiments, including location of extreme UV sources and first pulsar discovered outside galaxy, and 110 earth-observation tasks; landed upside down in last ocean landing planned for U.S. manned space flight. module) Date Launched Recovered Appendix D NASA SOUNDING ROCKET LAUNCHES, 1975 The table following lists the 83 sounding rockets of the Arcas class and above launched by NASA in 1975. The launches took place in Peru, Greenland, Canada, and the Kerguelen Islands of the Indian Ocean as well as in the United States. Payloads were carried for the Naval Research Laboratory, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, and three NASA centers; fifteen universities; and two U.S. corporations. Onboard experiments included 35 physics; 18 meteorology; 11 each astronomy and aeronomy; 7 performance tests; and 1 space-processing experiment. Information for the table came from Goddard Space Flight Center's Quick Look Sounding Rocket Data sheets, issued after launches, with additional information from some of the experimenters concerned. The Kerguelen Islands launches in January and February were part of a joint Soviet-French exercise called ARAKS-artificial aurora between Kerguelen and Sogra (U.S.S.R.) from which the usual telemetry reports were not available. Launch dates in the table are local time, with the date by Greenwich Mean Time given if different. Univ. of Houston magnetospheric physics experiment in conjunction with ARAKS. Univ. of Houston magnetospheric physics experiment in conjunction with ARAKS. 15.130UE 3 Feb. Super Arcas Univ. of Houston magnetospheric physics experiment in conjunction with ARAKS. Univ. of Pittsburgh aeronomy experiment. Univ. of Wisc. magnetospheric physics experiment (auroral). 8.056UE Rice Univ. magnetospheric physics experiment (auroral). Component failure in magnetometer; experiment 50% successful. Univ. of Wis. galactic astronomy experiment. Telemetry failed at liftoff, no experiment data obtained. (8 Mar. Z) 26.032UG F White Sands, N.M. 17 Mar. Nike-Tomahawk 206.0 Univ. of N.H./Univ. of Minn. experiment in magnetospheric physics (auroral). No payload beacon. Univ. of N.H./Univ. of Minn. experiment in magnetospheric physics (auroral). GSFC magnetospheric physics experiment (no release of barium or trimethylaluminum). 18.172GE Poker Flat Range, Al. 299 km) GSFC magnetospheric physics experiment; released 4 barium and 1 trimethylaluminum clouds. GSFC magnetospheric physics experiment; released 4 barium and 1 trimethylaluminum clouds. (13 Apr. Z) 18.174GE (pre Poker Flat Range, Al. dicted GSFC magnetospheric physics experiment; released 4 barium and 1 trimethylaluminum clouds. (16 Apr. Z) 18.175GE (pre Poker Flat Range, Al. dicted GSFC test of performance characteristics of Astrobee F; JPL & MSFC test of s/c components under zero gravity. Rocket-motor performance successful, all payload functions successful. Penn. State Univ. magnetospheric physics experiment. (24 May Z) 15.139UE |