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Pioneer Anomaly: Evaluating Newly Recovered Data

open access: yes, 2007
The Pioneer 10/11 spacecraft yielded the most precise navigation in deep space to date. However, their radio-metric tracking data received from the distances between 20--70 astronomical units from the Sun consistently indicated the presence of a small ...
Abel Camacho   +4 more
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Publications of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, July 1964 through June 1965 [PDF]

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JPL publications bibliography with abstracts - reports on DSIF, Mariner program, Ranger project, Surveyor project, and other space programs, and space ...
Woods, R. L.
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Mission Capabilities of Ion Engines Using SNAP-8 Power Supplies [PDF]

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Mission performance capabilities of ion engines powered by the 30 kw and 60 kw SNAP-8 power supplies are compared for the following missions: a 24-hr equatorial satellite, a 100 n mi lunar satellite, a 500 n mi Mars satellite, a Mercury probe, and an out-
Edelbaum, T. N.   +3 more
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Space programs summary no. 37-61, volume 1 for the period 1 November - 31 December 1969. Flight projects [PDF]

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Mariner Mars 1969 project, Mariner Mars 1971 project, and Viking 1973 project - research and advancement ...

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Description of the SERT 2 spacecraft and mission [PDF]

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Performance and orbital flight plan of SERT 2 ion thruster ...
Goldman, R. G.   +2 more
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Electric propulsion in 1964 a status review [PDF]

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Electric propulsion system - electrothermal, electrostatic and electrodynamic ...
Stuhlinger, E.
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Viking '75 spacecraft design and test summary. Volume 3: Engineering test summary [PDF]

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The engineering test program for the lander and the orbiter are presented. The engineering program was developed to achieve confidence that the design was adequate to survive the expected mission environments and to accomplish the mission ...
Faust, R. P.   +2 more
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Nuclear systems for space power and propulsion [PDF]

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As exploration and utilization of space proceeds through the 1970s, 1980s, and beyond, spacecraft in earth orbit will become increasingly larger, spacecraft will travel deeper into space, and space activities will involve more complex operations.
Klein, M.
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Preliminary survey of 21st century civil mission applications of space nuclear power [PDF]

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The purpose was to collect and categorize a forecast of civilian space missions and their power requirements, and to assess the suitability of an SP-100 class space reactor power system to those missions.
Hepenstal, A.   +2 more
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An advanced technology space station for the year 2025, study and concepts [PDF]

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A survey was made of potential space station missions that might exist in the 2020 to 2030 time period. Also, a brief study of the current state-of-the-art of the major subsystems was undertaken, and trends in technologies that could impact the ...
Butterfield, A. J.   +4 more
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