1965 NASA Authorization: Hearings . . . Eighty-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 9641, Superseded by H. R. 10456 ...

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964 - 2840 pages
Committee Serial No. 1. Focuses on manned spaceflight programs. Hearing includes NASA "Annual Procurement Report," FY63 (p. 1081-1139), and North American Aviation, Inc. briefing report "Saturn S-II Program," Mar. 10, 1964 (p. 1251-1322),

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Page 236 - This has been in keeping with recommendations of the Space Science Board of the National Academy of Sciences, and we have copies of the Space Science Board's paper on this subject, which, Mr.
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Page 68 - ... organizations. The discussions of this conference so far divide easily into four general areas: 1. Manned Space Flight 2. Space Science and Applications 3. Advanced Research and Technology 4. Tracking and Data Acquisition. Manned Space Flight Program The Manned Space Flight program has as its objective the exploration and utilization of space by man. Steps toward this goal involve the development of a capability for extending stay times in space, the development of techniques for rendezvous and...
Page 20 - ... experiments were selected in competition with domestic proposals for flight principally on NASA observatory satellites during the next three years .... "Nineteen sounding rockets carrying scientific payloads were launched here or abroad in joint projects with nine countries, raising to forty-six the total of such launchings to date. "New agreements were concluded with India and Pakistan under which both countries will join the UK and Australia in a year-long test of meteorological sounding rocket...
Page 235 - The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is a Government-owned research and development facility, operated for NASA by the California Institute of Technology. The Laboratory carries out research programs and flight projects...

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