Project objectives and mission profile
Mission planning, payloads, launch, and orbital insertion are described for Mariner mission 8 and 9. Mission sequences and planet coverage as a function of time in orbit are discussed.
Steinbacher, R. H.↗
Engineering topics
Steinbacher, R. H.
Publications and source records attributed to Steinbacher, R. H..
Television experiment
The fixed and variable Martian features investigated by the TV experiment on Mariner 9 are described. Articles are presented concerning the dust storm of October to November over the Southern Hemisphere; global surface geodesy and cartography; geology; and the satellite astronomy.
Briggs, G. A.↗
Mariner 9 mission profile and project history.
Mariner 9 was inserted into orbit about Mars on Nov. 14, 1971, to study that planet for a period of 90 days. Observations and measurements made by Mariner 9 continued beyond the planned 90 days, providing data to meet all science objectives. The new knowledge of Mars gained from this mission has made obsolete all previous concepts of Mars. A general background of the Mariner Mars 1971 Project and the significant events of the Mariner 9 mission are presented.
Steinbacher, R. H.↗
Mariner 9 science experiments - Preliminary results.
On the basis of data provided by the IR interferometer spectrometer on the Mariner 9 spacecraft, it is suggested that the composition of the Martian dust corresponds approximately to that of rocks of intermediate silicon dioxide content. The large dynamical pole flattening obtained from satellite observations has been confirmed by the Mariner 9 data.
Steinbacher, R. H.↗
Mariner 9 science experiments: Preliminary Results
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Steinbacher, R. H.↗
The first Mars orbiters
Mariner-type spacecraft launch in 1971 to orbit Mars, discussing onboard experiments and instrument
Forney, R. G.↗
Surveyor final reports - Introduction
Surveyor spacecraft characteristics and operation, discussing scientific payloads, landing sites, etc
Jaffe, L. D.↗
Principal scientific results from the Surveyor program
Surveyor program results, discussing lunar craters, rock fragments, particle size optical, thermal and radar characteristics and chemical composition
Alley, C. O.↗
The Mariner Mars 1971 experiments - Introduction
Mariner Mars 1971 scientific experiments, describing onboard equipment, mission objectives, etc
Gunter, S. Z.↗
Surveyor 7 lunar mission
Surveyor 7 lunar mission landing site, equipment, operations, etc
Jaffe, L. D.↗
Surveyor program results - Introduction
Surveyor spacecraft configurations and scientific programs
Jaffe, L. D.↗
Principal scientific results from the Surveyor program
Lunar surface analyses at five Surveyor landing sites
Alley, C. O.↗
Surveyor 5 science results.
Surveyor 5 alpha particle backscattering instrument measurement, TV pictures of lunar surface elemental composition and magnetic and mechanical measurements
Jaffe, L. D.↗
Principal science results from Surveyor 7
Rock fragments and grain size of lunar soil at Surveyor 7 landing site
Alley, C. O.↗
Surveyor 3 mission report. Part 3 - Television data
Television pictures transmitted to earth from lunar surface by Surveyor 3
Bideaux, R.↗
Surveyor V.
Surveyor 5 lunar probe spacecraft, discussing lunar surface mechanical properties, temperature and radar reflectivity
Jaffe, L. D.↗
Surveyor I Mission Report. Part III - Television Data
Surveyor I lunar photographs interpretation, and television subsystem
SURVEYOR I SPACECRAFT↗