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NRL discovered solar-wind hydrogen in Apollo lunar soil samples provided by a NASA-funded research mission. [ 26 ] Fundamental aspects of stealth technology were developed at NRL, including the radar absorption mechanisms in ferrite-containing materials. [ 24 ]
Three technology demonstration smallsats. Primary customer of the rideshare mission procured under NRO's Rapid Acquisition of a Small Rocket (RASR) program. Flew on Rocket Lab's "Don't Stop Me Now" mission. Undesignated [161] IMPACT-2A and IMPACT-2B 2 November 2019 13:59:47 MARS, Pad 0A: Antares: Technology demonstration Entered service ...
Individual images covered, on average, an area of about 10 by 120 miles (16 by 193 km). The last Corona mission (the 145th), was launched May 25, 1972, and this mission's last images were taken May 31, 1972. From May 1962 to August 1964, the NRO conducted 12 mapping missions as part of the "Argon" system. Only seven were successful.
The director was John P. Hagen (1908–1990), an astronomer who in 1958 would become the assistant director of space flight development with the formation of NASA. [8] After a delay due to the NRL changing the shape of the satellite from a conical shape, [9] the initial 1.4 kg (3.1 lb) spherical Vanguard satellites were built at the NRL, and ...
ARGOS (also called STP mission P91-1) was a DoD research and development satellite mission, managed by the Space and Missile Systems Center Space Division at Kirtland AFB (SMC/TE), Albuquerque, NM. It was part of the USAF Space Test Program (STP) [ 3 ] with the objective to demonstrate several new space technologies and to fly payloads for ...
This is a display model of a GRAB satellite at the National Cryptologic Museum.. Galactic Radiation and Background (GRAB) was the first successful United States orbital surveillance program, comprising a series of five Naval Research Laboratory electronic surveillance and solar astronomy satellites, launched from 1960 to 1962.
Apollo 13 was slated to be the third landing on the moon after Apollo 8 (1968) and Apollo 12 (1969). Launched on April 11, 1970, the crew was led by commander Lovell, along with command module ...
The mission was funded by NASA's Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate. Near-Earth asteroids are of interest to science, and as NASA continues to refine its plans to possibly explore these small objects with human explorers, initial reconnaissance with inexpensive robotic precursors is necessary to minimize risks, and inform the required instruments for future reconnaissance ...