Astronautics and Aeronautics, 1975: A ChronologyUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Scientific and Technical Information Branch, Nancy L. Brun, Eleanor H. Ritchie Scientific and Technical Information, Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1979 - 329 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 2
... orbit ) comsat in December for RCA Corp. , and ITOS E - 2 Improved TIROS Operational Satellite in late 1975 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Helios - B would be launched late in 1975 as a cooperative effort with ...
... orbit ) comsat in December for RCA Corp. , and ITOS E - 2 Improved TIROS Operational Satellite in late 1975 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . Helios - B would be launched late in 1975 as a cooperative effort with ...
Page 3
... orbital workshop in orbit 14 May 1973 reentered the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean just before 3 am EST . NASA re- ported that radar tracked one large chunk that survived the fiery plunge through the atmosphere and fell into the ...
... orbital workshop in orbit 14 May 1973 reentered the atmosphere over the Atlantic Ocean just before 3 am EST . NASA re- ported that radar tracked one large chunk that survived the fiery plunge through the atmosphere and fell into the ...
Page 5
... orbit . Mathews said that , since NASA planned a SEASAT to study the oceans ( see 9 Jan. ) , Landsat seemed a more ... orbital plane as Landsat 1 but 180 ° out of phase . Between them the two satellites would retrace the identical ground ...
... orbit . Mathews said that , since NASA planned a SEASAT to study the oceans ( see 9 Jan. ) , Landsat seemed a more ... orbital plane as Landsat 1 but 180 ° out of phase . Between them the two satellites would retrace the identical ground ...
Page 10
... orbit . Launched 22 Jan. 1969 to study the sun and its influence on earth's atmosphere , Oso 5 had completed more than 34 000 orbits . It was the fifth of eight spacecraft launched in the OSO program to observe the sun during most of ...
... orbit . Launched 22 Jan. 1969 to study the sun and its influence on earth's atmosphere , Oso 5 had completed more than 34 000 orbits . It was the fifth of eight spacecraft launched in the OSO program to observe the sun during most of ...
Page 11
... orbit between 1977 and 1979 to study the invisible light of x - rays , gamma rays , and cosmic rays . ( Marshall ... orbital missions revealed a significant variation in exposure as a function of the amount of shielding and the phase of ...
... orbit between 1977 and 1979 to study the invisible light of x - rays , gamma rays , and cosmic rays . ( Marshall ... orbital missions revealed a significant variation in exposure as a function of the amount of shielding and the phase of ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Administrator Aeronautics Air Force aircraft apogee Apollo Apollo-Soyuz Test Project April 75 ASTP astronauts awarded Baykonur booster budget Center announced communications satellite Comsat contract Corp cosmonauts Cosmos crew Description Director docking earth energy engine experiment facilities Goddard Space Flight GSFC included Intelsat Investigation of upper Johnson Space Center July 75 June 75 Kennedy Space Center Laboratory lander landing Landsat launch vehicle lunar Mars Marshall Space Flight million mission mosphere and outer MSFC Release NASA announced NASA Release NASA's National Objective operational orbit outer space payload perigee Plesetsk Propulsion Reentered reported Research Center Rockwell International Salyut Saturn scheduled scientific scientists Sept 75 Skylab solar sounding rockets Soviet Soyuz Soyuz 19 Soyuz spacecraft Space Flight Center Space Science Space Shuttle spacecraft Spacelab Star station Tass tion Total weight Tyuratam Unavailable Univ Viking x-ray
Popular passages
Page 178 - Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., and as Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, Plans and Operations, US Air Forces in Europe.
Page 298 - Dow Jones news service Department of Commerce Public Information Office Department of Defense News Release Department of Transportation News Release Executive Office of the President News Release Federal Aviation Administration News Release Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Soviet number Facts on File NASA Flight Research Center News Release NASA Flight Research Center's FRC X-Press General Electric Forum magazine NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Goddard News...
Page 297 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Business Week magazine Chicago Daily News newspaper Chicago Tribune newspaper Canadian Press news service Columbia Broadcasting System Chemical & Engineering News magazine Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper Cleveland Press newspaper Columbia Journalism Review magazine...
Page 297 - Historical Foundation Newsletter Armed Forces Journal magazine Air Force Systems Command's Newsreview Air Force Systems Command News Release Aerospace Industries Association of America News Release American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics...
Page 298 - Facts on File NASA Flight Research Center News Release NASA Flight Research Center's FRC X-Press General Electric Forum magazine NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Goddard News NASA Goddard Space Flight Center News Release NASA Goddard Space Flight Center's Satellite Situation Report General Telephone & Electronics News Release Houston Chronicle newspaper Houston Post newspaper Journal of Aircraft magazine Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Lab-Oratory Jet Propulsion Laboratory News Release Department of...
Page 298 - NASA Lewis Research Center News Release NASA Lewis Research Center's Lewis News Miami Herald newspaper Miami News newspaper Minneapolis Tribune newspaper NASA George C. Marshall Space Flight Center's Marshall Star Milwaukee Journal newspaper NASA Manned Spacecraft Center News Release NASA Manned Spacecraft Center's Space News Roundup NASA George C.
Page 128 - Aug. 15 at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington. DC...
Page 9 - ... cycle. The payload separated from the launch vehicle 50 min 3 sec after launch, followed by solar-panel deployment and earth acquisition using the attitudecontrol system. The command system was turned on automatically, permitting activation of the payload by ground stations. During the night of 22-23 Jan. the mechanical integrity of the wideband video tape recorder was verified, Data-Collection System (DCS) activated, and data-collection platform experiment data transmitted. By 12:00 pm EST 23...
Page 173 - An Analysis of Federal R & D Funding by Function, Fiscal Years 1969-76 stated.
Page 15 - Jan. 14. NASA also deleted the requirement to maintain the capability to launch the backup Workshop, which originally was to have been maintained to Sept. 30. (NASA Release 73-162) • NASA announced selection of Martin Marietta Corp. for negotiation of a $107-million cost-plus-award-fee contract for the design, development, test, and evaluation of the space shuttle external tank. The development phase would include fabrication of three ground-test tanks and six developmental flight tanks. The contract...