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Active Seismic Experiment: [1] [2] Stanford University, R. L. Kovach; United States Geological Survey, J. S. Watkins. SNAP-27 isotopic power system: [3] Sandia National Laboratories, Jim Leonard; The ALSEP was built and tested by Bendix Aerospace in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The instruments were designed to run autonomously after the astronauts left ...
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SNAP-19's powered the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 missions. [17] They used n-type 2N-PbTe and p-type TAGS-85 thermoelectric elements. [18] Modified SNAP-19B's were used for the Viking 1 and Viking 2 landers. [19] A SNAP-19C was used to power a telemetry array at Nanda Devi in Uttarakhand for a CIA operation to track Chinese missile launches. [20]
A module that can either be used as a white noise generator or a sample and hold circuit. In the latter use, sampling can be triggered from other bits. [14] [15] i35 delay input A delay effect with time and feedback control. It is capable of self-oscillating when the feedback amount is high. [14] i36 micro-sequencer input
The Collins 75A-4 amateur radio receiver. The 74A4 and KWS-1 is an amateur radio receiver and transmitter pair made by the Collins Radio Company of Cedar Rapids, Iowa that were introduced in 1955. They were designed to operate using the then new single-sideband (SSB) voice modulation as well as CW and AM modes. They were influential in ...
“Science takes on a whole new wonderful kind of aspect because you’re exploring God’s creation," says former National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins, pictured in 2020.
Michael "Mike" Collins (October 31, 1930 – April 28, 2021) was an American astronaut who flew the Apollo 11 command module Columbia around the Moon in 1969 while his crewmates, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, made the first crewed landing on the surface.
The book covers Collins's life as a test pilot in the United States Air Force; his selection as an astronaut and his spacewalks on Gemini 10 and historic flight as the command module pilot on Apollo 11. Collins presents some candid insights into his astronaut colleagues, including Neil Armstrong ("I can't offhand think of a better choice to be ...