NASA Authorization for Fiscal Year 1963: Hearing ...87-2...June 13,14,15, 1962

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Detailed cloud analysis September 11 1961
57
International satellite programs
58
International sounding rocket programs
60
Tracking and data acquisition stations abroad
62
NASA program
64
Space science
66
Scientific satellites and sounding rockets
68
Unmanned lunar exploration_
70
Planetary exploration
72
Light and medium launch vehicles
74
Space science fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
77
Applications
79
Meteorological satellites
80
Communications satellites
83
Applications fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
88
Project MERCURY 172 Project MERCURY 172a Project MERCURY
89
Manned space flight
90
MERCURY 3 orbits
91
Oneday manned flight
92
GEMINI
93
APPOLLO
97
Large launch vehicle and liquid propulsion development
98
Manned Spacecraft Center Houston Tex
101
Michoud plant New Orleans La
103
Mississippi test facility
104
APOLLO launch complex
106
Manned space flight fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
107
Advanced research and technology
110
Aircraft and missile technology
112
Spacecraft technology
114
Launch vehicle technology
115
Nuclear systems technology
116
Chemical propulsion technology
118
Advanced research and technology fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
120
Tracking facilities
122
Tracking and data acquisition fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
124
Figure Page 42 Summary fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
125
NASA Headquarters Organization
130
NASA Operating Organization
133
NASA Ames Research Center
135
NASA Flight Research Center
138
NASA Flight Research Center Beatty Nev High Range Tracking Station
139
NASA Langley Research CenterEast area
141
NASA Langley Research CenterWest area
142
NASA Lewis Research Center
145
NASAAEC Nuclear Rocket Development Station
148
NASA Plum Brook Research Station
150
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
152
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
155
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Edwards Test Station
156
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Echo Station Goldstone
157
NASA Manned Spacecraft Center Houston Tex
159
NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterDevelopment laboratories
161
NASA Marshall Space Flight CenterDevelopment test area
162
NASA Michoud plant
164
NASA SATURN Launch Complex No 34 Atlantic Missile Range
169
NASA MERCURY Launch Pad No 14 Atlantic Missile Range
170
NASA industrial facilities Atlantic Missile Range
171
NASA launch complexes Pacific Missile Range
173
Bermuda
174
NASA Wallops Station Launch Area
175
NASA Wallops Station Operations Area
176
Woomera Australia
177
Canton Island
178
NASA installations and staffing
179
NASA staffing
180
NASA program and staffing growth
181
Manned oneday mission
181
Project GEMINI
182
Major actions since May 1961 related to the National Aeronautics and Space program
183
Project GEMINILaunch vehicles
184
Project GEMINIFlight mission
185
Project APOLLO
186
Project APOLLOThree missions Page
187
Atlantic Missile Range_
188
Space science___
192
Space science objectives
194
Terminology
196
Fields
199
Earth and sun
201
Moon and planets
203
Stars and galaxies
205
Life in space
206
Sounding rockets satellites space probes
208
Light and medium launch vehicles
210
Space science program progress by calendar years
212
Radiation belt studies
214
Gamma ray astronomy
218
Space scienceTotal schedule
220
Geophysical and solar studies
222
Geophysics and solar physics
224
Sodium vapor release for winds shears turbulence and tempera ture
226
EXPLORER XII
228
Polar orbiting geophysical satellite topside sounder
230
Orbiting Solar Observatory
232
Eccentric orbiting geophysical observatories
234
Astronomy
236
Astronomy
238
EXPLORER XIGamma ray satellite
240
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
242
Lunar and planetary program objectives
244
Lunar and planetary program1961 launches
245
Lunar program target milestones
248
Lunar programStatus
250
RANGER spacecraft
252
SURVEYOR program
254
Figure Page 105 Lunar program spacecraftPROSPECTOR concept
257
Lunar landing areas
259
Planetary programTarget milestones_
261
Planetary program opportunities
263
Planetary program status
265
Planetary programSpacecraft
267
Planetary programSpacecraft
269
Planetary programSpacecraft
271
Flight paths in planet vicinity
273
Exploring Venus
275
Exploring Mars
277
Interplanetary program
279
Biosciences
281
Biosciences programs
283
Search for extraterrestrial life
285
Detection of extraterrestrial life
287
Detection of extraterrestrial life
289
Planetary environmental simulation
291
BIOS biological investigation of space
293
SCOUT
296
SCOUT performance
299
SCOUT missions
301
DELTA launching
303
DELTA
305
DELTA missions
307
ATLASAGENA B launches RANGER 1
309
NASA AGENA B
311
AGENA B missions
313
CENTAUR
315
CENTAUR inflight separation
317
CENTAUR AMR Launch Complex 36
319
CENTAUR stage at AMR launch pad
321
Unmanned launch
374
Checkout of escape stage
375
Crew boarding
376
Manned launch
377
Rendezvous_
378
Docking
380
Injection into lunar trajectory
381
En route
383
Radiation considerations_
384
Midcourse correction_
385
Crew activities
386
Into a lunar orbit__
387
Lunar landing
389
Lunar exploration
390
Lunar takeoff
391
Return to earthMidcourse correction_
393
Reentry corridor
394
Reentry
395
Descent in atmosphere
396
Landing
397
Recovery
398
The program_
399
Manned space flight
401
Project MERCURY flight test results
403
Project MERCURY
405
Project MERCURY
407
412
414
426
427
Project APOLLOLunar landing flight techniques
438
APOLLO spacecraftThree configurations
440
Project APOLLOLaunch vehicle requirements 190 Direct mission
442
Lunar orbit rendezvous technique
445
Lunar orbit rendezvous__
445
Mission selection
445
Engines for manned flight
452
Spacecraft propulsion
455
Mission components
460
Manned Space Flight Organization
462
Man and Aerospace Medicine Organization
463
Launch Vehicles and Rocket Engines Organization
465
Flight Mission and Spacecraft Qrganization_
469
Location of major participants
471
Manned space flight major activities 207 Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville Ala 208 Cape Canaveral
472
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ADVANCED SATURN launch complexCape Canaveral
479
NOVA launch complexCape Canaveral
481
190
491
Direct approach
493
369
505
NASA advanced research and technology
506
Functions of NASA program offices for research and technology
507
Advanced research and technology areas of activity
509
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Albert J Evans Chief Propulsion and Vehicle Projects National
511
Program areas 231 Liquid rocket technology
546
Spacecraft launch configurations
548
Launch vehicle buffeting
550
Spacecraft technology
551
Meteoroid flight experiments
553
Radiation damage to electronic materials
555
Spacecraft electric power systems
559
Reentry flight experiment
567
543
571
546
572
548
573
553
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Harold B Finger Director of Nuclear Programs Office of
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Manned reentry control__
582
Space Flight Guidance Research Facility
587
Nuclear rocket engine
587
NERVA engine preliminary_design_
591
Nuclear stage on ADVANCED SATURNEarth escape payload
596
Nuclearelectric power and propulsion system
602
Electric thrust chamber program
608
Mockup of NERVA engine
616
TIROS launchings
621
Morton J Stoller Director Office of Applications National
624
Meteorological systems program objectives
627
Aeronautics and Space Administration
629
TIROS sensors
632
Detailed cloud analysis September 11 1961
641
TIROS data flow
645
NIMBUS meteorological satellite
651
NIMBUS spacecraft versatility
656
NIMBUS data acquisition station
660
Lifetimes of typical weather systems
666
Meteorological sounding rockets
669
Meteorological launch schedule
673
Active communications satellites lowaltitude orbits
679
Communications satellitesRandomly spaced
681
Forms of passive communication satellites
687
Figure Page 297 ECHO IECHO II
689
ECHO II
691
Testing for ECHO II
693
Active repeater satellite
695
RELAY Spacecraft _ _
697
RELAY Spacecraft Antenna Pattern_
698
TELSTAR Spacecraft
700
NASA and A T T responsibilities for TELSTAR
701
The A T T Andover Facility
703
The A T T Andover Facility
704
Relay ground stations
706
SYNCOM Objectives
708
SYNCOM spacecraft
709
SYNCOM sequence launch and attitude control
710
SYNCOM sequence position control
712
SYNCOM sequenceFinal positionAntenna pattern
713
NASA and DOD responsibilities for SYNCOM
715
Advanced research and developmentCommunications systems
717
Active communications satellites systems improvement
719
Active communications satellites systems improvement
720
Communications satellites launch schedule
722
Industrial applications
724
TIROS III hurricane data
727
Dr Robert C Seamans Jr Associate Administrator accom
739
Dr Robert C Seamans Jr Associate Administrator accom
740
Buckley Director Tracking and Data Acquisition
758
Tracking and data acquisition
759
Summary of demands on T D A systems
761
MERCURY tracking data acquisition net
763
Earth satellite instrumentation
765
Minitrack
766
Alaska Data Acquisition Facility
768
Reception capability of antenna systems
769
NASASAO optical tracking net
771
Deep space net
773
Launch area instrumentation_
775
Communications net
777
Minitrack limitations
779
Range and rangerate system
780
Deep space data requirements
782
Deep space antenna system capabilities
783
Manned flight net multiple orbits
785
Data requirements from large satellites in 1964
787
Major NASA data antenna requirements
789
Appendix ASpace program of the U S Weather Bureau
797
Appendix BAdditional material supplied by the Department of Defense
806
Appendix ENASA announcement of maximum of six orbits planned
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