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NASA NTRS1975

The 1975 report on active and planned spacecraft and experiments

Information is presented on current and planned spacecraft activity for various disciplines: astronomy, earth sciences, meteorology, planetary sciences, aeronomy, solar physics, and life sciences. For active orbiting spacecraft, the epoch date, orbit type, orbit period, apoasis, periapsis, and inclination are given along with the spacecraft weight, launch date, launch site, launch vehicle, and sponsoring agency. For each planned orbiting spacecraft, the orbit parameters, planned launch date, launch site, launch vehicle, spacecraft weight, and sponsoring agency are given.

Horowitz, R.↗
NASA NTRS1974

Skylab report - Man's role in space research

Some of the early results reported by several investigators in the solar physics discipline are described, as well as a subjective response to long-term zero-gravity exposure in several areas related to medical studies. Many of the roles in which man has participated in research aboard Skylab will again be important in future space activities such as the Space Shuttle. Examples are pointing, alignment, transient identification and response, and assurance of data quality. These tasks can be extended to include a greater role in data management and interpretation, so that some selectivity or processing, or both, might be appropriate onboard the spacecraft, prior to transmission of data to the ground.

Garriott, O. K.↗
NASA NTRS1975

The Skylab program - An overview

A brief survey is made of significant aspects of the Skylab missions, with emphasis on atmospheric control, electrical power, stabilization and attitude control, prevention of instrument contamination, habitability of the spacecraft, in-flight maintenance and repair, and crew training. Skylab, unlike previous manned spacecraft, had a two-gas atmosphere of oxygen and nitrogen. The station's 25-kW capability was the largest electrical system ever flown in space. Skylab was the first flight application of large control-moment gyroscopes for attitude control. The missions provided significant scientific data in the fields of solar physics, biomedicine, earth resources, and materials processing. Particularly important was the finding of no physical limitation to men's ability to work in space for long periods.

Disher, J. H.↗
NASA NTRS1976

National Aeronautics and Space Administration /NASA/ Sounding Rocket Program

An overview of the NASA Sounding Rocket Program is presented. The program has launched a total of 1912 rockets representing 30 types of vehicle configurations. Payloads have been primarily directed to the disciplines of magnetodynamics, solar physics, stellar and planetary astronomy and meteorology. The vehicles, launching sites, and launching techniques used in the program are described, and the pointing control systems and command links developed in the course of the program are discussed.

Holtz, J. R.↗
NASA NTRS1976

Goddard Space Flight Center sounding rocket facilities at White Sands Missile Range

This report describes the facilities being made available for sounding-rocket experimenters at the White Sands Missile Range. As a result of the transfer of the SPARCS Program from Ames to Goddard, facilities had to be made available to accommodate the integration and preparation effort previously performed at Ames. This facility will provide total support at White Sands Missile Range for the solar rocket experimenter. In addition to the solar physics that can be done, there is no restriction that would prevent other scientific disciplines from taking advantage of the facilities.

Windsor, R. M.↗
NASA NTRS1976

Spacelab science missions of the 1980's

The objectives and instrumentation of Spacelab missions planned for the 1980s are discussed. Initial flights will be multidisciplinary, serving to verify the performance of Spacelab subsystems and to demonstrate the capability of Spacelab to carry out broad-ranging research in a variety of fields. Further missions will use highly specialized payloads. Among these are the Atmospheres, Magnetospheres and Plasmas (AMPS) Payload, the Astronomy Spacelab Payload (ASP), including solar physics, stellar astronomy and high energy astrophysics variants, and the Spacelab Infrared Telescope Facility. The growing inventory of instruments developed for these missions will then be available for use in different combinations to meet the needs of individual mission objectives proposed by the international scientific community.

Chappell, C. R.↗
NASA NTRS1976

Solar and magnetospheric science

The current status of the Solar Physics Program and the Magnetospheric Physics Program is discussed. The scientific context for each of the programs is presented, then the current programs and future plans are outlined.

Timothy, A. F.↗
NASA NTRS1975

The Astronomy Spacelab Payloads Study: Executive volume

The progress of the Astronomy Spacelab Payloads Project at the Goddard Space Flight Center is reported. Astronomical research in space, using the Spacelab in conjunction with the Space Shuttle, is described. The various fields of solar astronomy or solar physics, ultraviolet and optical astronomy, and high energy astrophysics are among the topics discussed. These fields include scientific studies of the sun and its dynamical processes, of the stars in wavelength regions not accessible to ground based observations, and the exciting new fields of X-ray, gamma ray, and particle astronomy.

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NASA NTRS1977

Report on active and planned spacecraft and experiments

Information concerning active and planned spacecraft and experiments is reported. The information includes a wide range of disciplines: astronomy, earth sciences, meteorology, planetary sciences, aeronomy, particles and fields, solar physics, life sciences, and material sciences. These spacecraft projects represent the efforts and funding of individual countries as well as cooperative arrangements among different countries.

Vette, J. I.↗
NASA NTRS1975

Astronomy Spacelab Payloads

Astronomy Spacelab payloads are to utilize mainly the pallet. The pallet is an external unpressurized platform that will be carried in the Orbiter cargo bay for mounting telescopes, antennas, and the instruments and equipment requiring direct space exposure. Current planning for Sortie missions includes a duration of seven days. Astronomy payloads can range from single discipline missions to multidiscipline missions capable of carrying experiments ranging from facility class to balloon and sounding rocket class instruments. Study objectives are related to solar physics, UV/IR astronomy, and high energy astrophysics.

Scull, W. E.↗
NASA NTRS1975

Mission operations for Astronomy Spacelab Payloads

An overview is provided of mission operations for Astronomy Spacelab Payloads. Missions considered are related to solar physics, high energy astrophysics, and stellar ultraviolet/optical astronomy. Operational aspects are examined. Mission operations include the flight activities and associated ground support work for implementing the mission. The prelaunch activity will begin about a year before launch with the assignment of a mission operations manager.

Osler, S. J.↗
NASA NTRS1976

Flare build-up study; Proceedings of the Workshop, Falmouth, Mass., September 8-11, 1975

The papers deal with problems which might be common to solar flares and earth's magnetosphere, problems associated with the initial phases of the flare phenomenon, the acceleration processes that seem to occur in flares and the magnetosphere, as well as the buildup and storage of flare energy in magnetic-field structures. Topics include the active role of magnetic fields in providing flare energy, current-sheet models of solar flares, the role of plasma turbulence in flare development, similarities and differences between magnetospheric substorms and solar flares, observations of magnetic merging in earth's magnetotail during magnetospheric substorms, evidence for magnetic-energy storage in coronal active regions, the possible role of transition-zone instabilities in preflare energy buildup, and flare energy storage and deposition. Other papers discuss energy release through the interaction of coronal magnetic fields, photospheric electric currents as a source of flare energy, magnetic-energy buildup in the solar atmosphere, magnetic and velocity fields in an active region, flare onset at meter wavelengths, laboratory experiments on field-line reconnection, key problems in auroral flare processes, and the solar-physics Shuttle/Spacelab program. Individual items are announced in this issue.

Svestka, Z.↗
NASA NTRS1976

Skylab results - Review and outlook

In the history of space flight, Project Skylab marks the transition from short manned flights to long-time manned orbital operations, from single-purpose spacecraft to multipurpose space stations, and from a time of space exploration to a time of space utilization. In the present paper, some of the Skylab scientific programs in the areas of solar physics, stellar astronomy, space physics, earth observations, life sciences, and materials sciences are reviewed. Visible, UV, and X-ray observations showed the sun's surface to be far more active and more differentiated than was earlier assumed. The unexpected apparition of the comet Kohoutek provided valuable information on the composition of cometary nuclei and tails. Pictures taken with earth-looking cameras have provided insight into specific data analysis and assessment problems. Results of the materials science program offer much promise for future work.

Stuhlinger, E.↗
NASA NTRS1978

Report on active and planned spacecraft and experiments

Information is presented, concerning active and planned spacecraft and experiments known to the National Space Science Data Center. The information included a wide range of disciplines: astronomy, earth sciences, meteorology, planetary sciences, aeronomy, particles and fields, solar physics, life sciences, and material sciences. These spacecraft projects represented the efforts and funding of individual countries as well as cooperative arrangements among different countries.

Vette, J. I.↗
NASA NTRS1979

Report on Active and Planned Spacecraft and Experiments

Information concerning concerning active and planned spacecraft and experiments known to the National Space Science Data Center are included. The information contains a wide range of disciplines: astronomy, earth sciences, meteorology, planetary sciences, aeronomy, particles and fields, solar physics, life sciences, and material sciences. These spacecraft projects represent the efforts and funding of individual countries as well as cooperative arrangements among different countries. Approximately 850 articles are included.

Vostreys, R. W.↗
NASA NTRS1979

The NASA space program

Current and planned NASA space programs are outlined. The major current activity is the development and installation of the Space Transportation System consisting of the Space Shuttle, Spacelab and upper stages for payload launching from the Shuttle. NASA's space sciences program includes spaceborne astronomy by means of the future Space Telescope and Spacelab instruments as well as the current HEAO and IUE satellites. In the area of solar-terrestrial physics, the Solar Maximum Mission and the Solar Polar Mission are scheduled for 1980 and 1983, respectively. Planetary programs generally include ground-based and flyby observations to specify planetary environments, exploration missions to acquire knowledge of planetary processes, history and evolution, and study missions to investigate specific problems. Missions underway include the Voyager mission to Jupiter and Saturn and the Pioneer Venus mission. Research involving the inner planets, the outer planets and asteroids and comets is being planned.

Naugle, J. E.↗
NASA NTRS1980

Report on active and planned spacecraft and experiments

Information on current and planned spacecraft activity for a broad range of scientific disciplines is presented. The information covers a wide range of disciplines: astronomy, Earth sciences, meteorology, planetary sciences, aeronomy, particles and fields, solar physics, life sciences, and material sciences. These spacecraft projects represent the efforts and funding of individual countries as well as cooperative arrangements among different countries.

Horowitz, R.↗