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Surveyor VII Mission Report: Part 3: Television Data

Description: Report describing the project mission for Surveyor VII, the seventh and last in a series of unmanned missions designed to soft-land on the moon and return data from the lunar surface. This part presents lunar topological photography from Surveyor 7 mission and explanatory material.
Date: September 1, 1968
Creator: Bird, Thomas H.; Smokler, M. I. & Smyth, D. L.
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Surveyor VII Mission Report: Part 2 - Scientific Results

Description: Report describing the project mission for Surveyor VII, the seventh and last in a series of unmanned missions designed to soft-land on the moon and return data from the lunar surface. This part presents the scientific data derived from the mission, and the scientific analyses conducted by the Surveyor Scientific Evaluation Advisory Team, the Surveyor Investigator Teams, and the Associated Working Groups.
Date: March 15, 1968
Creator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Surveyor VI Mission Report: Part 3 - Television Data

Description: Report discussing the Surveyor VI mission, the sixth in a series of seven unmanned spacecraft designed to soft-land on the moon and return engineering and scientific data. This part presents 139 of the total number of television pictures transmitted to earth from the lunar surface between November 10 and November 24, 1967. 46 mosaics composed of individual frames are also included. Appropriate information for interpreting these pictures is given in the individual sections of the report.
Date: August 15, 1968
Creator: Bird, Thomas H.; Smokler, M. I. & Smyth, D. L.
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Surveyor VI Mission Report: Part 2 - Science Results

Description: Report discussing the Surveyor VI mission, the sixth in a series of seven unmanned spacecraft designed to soft-land on the moon and return engineering and scientific data. This part presents the scientific data derived from the mission, and the scientific analyses conducted by the Surveyor Scientific Evaluation Advisory Team, the Surveyor Investigator Teams, and the Associated Working Groups.
Date: January 10, 1968
Creator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Surveyor VI Mission Report: Part 1 - Mission Description and Performance

Description: Report consisting of a technical description and a performance evaluation of the system utilized in the Surveyor VI mission, the sixth in a series of seven unmanned spacecraft designed to soft-land on the moon and return engineering and scientific data. This part presents objectives and project description, space vehicle preparations and launch operations, launch vehicle system, spacecraft system and specifications, tracking and data systems, mission operation system, and flight path and events. more
Date: September 15, 1968
Creator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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The Surveyor V, VI, and VII Flight Paths and Their Determination From Tracking Data

Description: Report discussing the determination of the flight path of Surveyors V, VI, and VII detailing the basic orbit determination process, the tracking stations, and the inflight computational sequence. Inflight orbit solutions, the post-flight analysis, the comparison of the inflight and post flight results, and the analysis of the Air Force Easter Test range tracking data is discussed for each respective Surveyor flights.
Date: December 1, 1968
Creator: Labrum, R. G.; Wong, S. K. & Reynolds, G. W.
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The Surveyor III and Surveyor IV Flight Paths and Their Determination From Tracking Data

Description: Report discussing the flight paths of Surveyor III and IV spacecrafts. Key flight path events are summarized and the basic orbit determination process, tracking stations, and inflight computation sequences are described. The inflight orbit solutions, postflight analyses, comparisons of the inflight and postflight results, and the analyses of the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR) tracking data for each of these two Surveyor flights separately.
Date: August 15, 1968
Creator: O'Neil, W. J.; Labrum, R. G.; Wong, S. K. & Reynolds, G. W.
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The Surveyor I and Surveyor II Flight Paths and Their Determination From Tracking Data

Description: Report describing the current best estimate of the Surveyor I and Surveyor II flight paths and they way in which they were determined. The function and organization of the flight path analysis and command group are described. Detailed accounts are given for each phase of the flights. Data summaries and analyses include: the orbit determination process and the best estimates of the pre-midcourse correction orbit and the post-midcourse correction orbit; the postflight analysis of the transponder … more
Date: August 1, 1968
Creator: Thornton, T. H.; Labrum, R. G.; Wollenhaupt, Wilbur R.; Wong, S. K.; Meredith, C. M.; Davids, L. H. et al.
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Mariner Venus 67 Guidance and Control System

Description: Report functionally describing the power, attitude control and central computer and sequencer subsystems that make up the Mariner Venus 67 guidance and control system. There report is divided into five parts with parts two through five covering the functional description of the guidance and control subsystems; time sequences of guidance and control events; backups, redundancies, and direct commands; and nominal performance parameters.
Date: July 1, 1968
Creator: Pace, George
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Surveyor V Mission Report: Part 3 - Television Data

Description: Report presenting selected television pictures and mosaics of lunar surface transmitted by Surveyor V. 164 of the television pictures transmitted to earth from the lunar surface between September 11 and December 17, 1967 are included, along with 39 mosaics composed of individual frames are also included. Appropriate information for interpreting these pictures is given in the individual sections of the report.
Date: July 15, 1968
Creator: Bird, Thomas H.; Smokler, M. I. & Smyth, D. L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Surveyor V Mission Report: Part 1 - Mission and Performance

Description: Report comprised of technical descriptions and a performance evaluation of the systems utilized in the Surveyor V mission. Space vehicle preparations and launch operations, the launch vehicle system, spacecraft specifications, tracking and data systems, mission operation systems, and flight path events are discussed in detail.
Date: March 15, 1968
Creator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mariner Venus 67 Final Project Report: Volume 2. Midcourse Maneuver Through End of Mission

Description: Report covering mission planning, operations, and performance of Mariner V, the flight spacecraft of the Mariner Venus 67 project, from midcourse maneuver to the project-defined end of mission. Recommendations for modifications affecting organization and software are included for possible use on future space missions of a similar type.
Date: May 1, 1968
Creator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mariner Venus 67 Dynamic Flight Data

Description: Report summarizes the dynamic data acquired from shortly before lift-off through spacecraft separation for the Mariner V (Venus 1967) mission. Instrumentation systems and analysis techniques used to obtain the reduced data are described in detail. Included are descriptions of the telemetry system and discussions and illustrations defining the flight and ground instrumentation. A comparison of Mariner V data with Mariner III, Mariner IV, and ground test data are presented and discussed. (pg. 1)
Date: March 15, 1968
Creator: Brand, D. O.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Surveyor IV Mission Report: Mission Description and Performance

Description: Report presenting a technical description of the mission and an evaluation of engineering data obtain from the Surveyor IV, the fourth in a series of seven unmanned spacecraft designed to soft-land on the moon and return engineering and scientific data. The project objectives, space vehicle preparations and launch operations, launch vehicle system, Surveyor spacecraft; tracking, data and mission operation systems; and flight patch and events are presented and discussed.
Date: January 1, 1968
Creator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Mariner Venus 67 Final Project Report: Volume 1. Launch Through Midcourse Maneuver

Description: Report covering the launch through midcourse maneuver of Mariner V, the flight spacecraft of the Mariner Venus 67 project. Included in this document are a brief history of the Mariner projects, the project objectives of Mariner Venus 67, and the mission description and characteristics of the Mariner Venus 67 project. Also included are sections on the overall project organization and management, the flight path analysis and mission planning, the spacecraft system, the launch vehicle integration,… more
Date: June 15, 1968
Creator: Jet Propulsion Laboratory (U.S.)
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Family photo on porch]

Description: Photograph of family sitting together on the porch of a house. Written on the backside of the photo reads, "Two weeks before daddy passed in 68" and lists the names "Aunt Ersie, Uncle L.J., Sharon Cox, Mama, Sneed, Mary, Ruby Nell, Lewis Jr.".
Date: 1968
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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The Mariner Venus 67 Magnetic Field Control Program

Description: Report describing a program to improve the magnetic stability of hardware on the Mariner spacecraft as necessary for travel toward the sun. The development of a magnetic control plan is described, along with the facilities and testing required. Testing results are presented and analyzed.
Date: April 15, 1968
Creator: Bastow, Joseph G.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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SNAP 19 Phase 3 Final Report: Volume 1, Power Supply System

Description: Report providing an account of phase 3 of the SNAP 19 radioisotope thermometric generator program, under which prototype-qualified and acceptance tested flight power supplies for the Nimbus B spacecraft were produced. This volume covers the complete power supply system, including a description of the power supply, interface with Nimbus B spacecraft, testing, power supply reliability, aerospace nuclear safety, aerospace ground equipment, and spacecraft integration.
Date: May 1968
Creator: Martin Marietta Corporation
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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A Lightweight 6 1/2 ft. Aeroshell for an Early Mars Probe Mission

Description: Report analyzing the problems of survivable atmospheric probes for Mars and presents a design concept for meeting the challenges of the Mars atmosphere. A lightweight, 6 1/2-ft-diamater, sphere-cone, honeycomb-sandwich structure with an elastomeric ablator is described. Details of the fabrication are delineated, and the results of supplementary studies to prove structural reliability and environmental compatibility are given, along with supplementary studies and tests and repair techniques perf… more
Date: September 15, 1968
Creator: Nagler, Robert G.; Boundy, R. A.; Scholl, J. R. & Dawson, J. B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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