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Kefauver Senator Estes___ 332350
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Statement
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APPENDIXES
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Chronology of Colonel Glenns day February 20 1962 47
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E President Kennedys statement February 20 1962 70
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G Transcript of Colonel Glenns press conference Cape Canaveral Fla
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H Colonel Glenns message to the joint meeting of Congress February
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Summary of Project Mercury 107
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J Advanced manned space flight Mercury Gemini and Apollo 121
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NASA authorization for fiscal year 1963
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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Tracking and data acquisition stations abroad
10
Light and medium launch vehicles
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APPOLLO
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Michoud plant New Orleans La
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Aircraft and missile technology
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Chemical propulsion technology
118
Tracking and data acquisition fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
124
MERCURY tracking network
173
Advanced research and technology fiscal year 1963 budget estimate
174
Mercury Control Center
179
Project GEMINIFlight mission
185
Figure Page 105 Lunar program spacecraftPROSPECTOR concept 257
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Lunar landing areas 259
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Planetary programTarget milestones 261
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Planetary program opportunities 263
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Planetary program status 265
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Planetary programSpacecraft 267
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Planetary programSpacecraft 269
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Planetary programSpacecraft 271
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Flight paths in planet vicinity 273
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Exploring Venus 275
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Exploring Mars 277
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Interplanetary program 279 281
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Biosciences
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Biosciences programs 283
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Search for extraterrestrial life 285
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Detection of extraterrestrial life 287
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Detection of extraterrestrial life 289
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Planetary environmental simulation 291
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BIOS biological investigation of space 293
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SCOUT 296
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SCOUT performance 299
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SCOUT missions 301
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DELTA launching 303
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DELTA 305
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DELTA missions 307
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ATLASAGENA B launches RANGER 1 309
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NASA AGENA B 311
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AGENA B missions 313
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CENTAUR 315
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CENTAUR inflight separation 317 319
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CENTAUR AMR Launch Complex 36
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CENTAUR stage at AMR launch pad 321
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CENTAUR on launch pad for first flight 323
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CENTAUR engine in Lewis Altitude Facility 325 327
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Test firing of CENTAUR engines 329
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Network coverage unmanned missions 331
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Tracking and data acquisition requirements 371
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Manned lunar landingproject APOLLO 372
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APOLLO launch complex 373
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Vehicles on launch pads 374
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Unmanned launch
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Checkout of escape stage 375 376
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Lunar landing 390
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Lunar takeoff 393
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Return to earthMidcourse correction_ 394
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Reentry corridor 395
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Reentry_ 396
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Landing 398
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Recovery 399
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The program 401
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Manned space flight 403
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Project MERCURY flight test results 405
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Project MERCURY 407
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Project MERCURY
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Project APOLLOThree missions
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Direct mission
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Mission selection_____
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Spacecraft propulsion
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Manned Space Flight Organization
462
Flight Mission and Spacecraft Qrganization
469
ADVANCED SATURN launch complexCape Canaveral
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NOVA launch complexCape Canaveral _
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NASA advanced research and technology
506
Aeronautical researchCivil and military
512
Supersonic transport research requirements
520
Hypersonic cruise aircraft
528
Space vehicle research and technology
540
Liquid rocket technology
546
Meteoroid flight experiments
553
Figure Page 297 ECHO IECHO II
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ECHO II
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Testing for ECHO II
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Active repeater satellite_
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RELAY Spacecraft
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RELAY Spacecraft Antenna Pattern
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TELSTAR Spacecraft_
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NASA and A T T responsibilities for TELSTAR
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The A T T Andover Facility
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The A T T Andover Facility
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Relay ground stations
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SYNCOM Objectives
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SYNCOM spacecraft
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SYNCOM sequence launch and attitude control
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SYNCOM sequence position control
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SYNCOM sequenceFinal positionAntenna pattern_
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NASA and DOD responsibilities for SYNCOM
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Advanced research and developmentCommunications systems
717
Active communications satellites systems improvement
720
Communications satellites launch schedule
722
Industrial applications
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TIROS III hurricane data_
727
Tracking and data acquisition
759
Summary of demands on T D A systems
761
MERCURY tracking data acquisition net
763
Earth satellite instrumentation_
765
Minitrack___
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Alaska Data Acquisition Facility
768
Reception capability of antenna systems
769
NASASAO optical tracking net
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Deep space net
773
Launch area instrumentation
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Communications net
777
Minitrack limitations
779
Range and rangerate system
780
Deep space data requirements_
782
Deep space antenna system capabilities
783
Manned flight net multiple orbits
785
Data requirements from large satellites in 1964
787
Major NASA data antenna requirements
789
Appendix ASpace program of the U S Weather Bureau
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Appendix BAdditional material supplied by the Department of Defense
806
Appendix ENASA announcement of maximum of six orbits planned
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