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The Nimbus satellites were launched aboard Thor-Agena rockets (Nimbus 1–4) and Delta rockets (Nimbus 5–7). Over a 20-year period from the launch of the first satellite, the Nimbus series of missions was the United States' primary research and development platform for satellite remote sensing of the Earth. The seven Nimbus satellites ...
AS-203 (also known as SA-203 or Apollo 3) was an uncrewed flight of the Saturn IB rocket on July 5, 1966. It carried no command and service module, as its purpose was to verify the design of the S-IVB rocket stage restart capability [3] that would later be used in the Apollo program to boost astronauts from Earth orbit to a trajectory towards the Moon.
Project Nimbus Volume 11, Number 12 Volume 11, Number 28 19 March 1960 to 9 July 1960 Drawn by Frank Bellamy, Don Harley and Gerry Palmer. Mission of the Earthmen Volume 11, Number 29 Volume 11, Number 52 16 July 1960 to 24 December 1960 The Solid Space Mystery Volume 11, Number 53 Volume 12, Number 23 31 December 1960 to 10 June 1961
Nimbus 5 (also called Nimbus E or Nimbus V) was a meteorological satellite for the research and development of sensing technology. It was the fifth successful launch in a series of the Nimbus program. The objective of Nimbus 5 was to test and evaluate advanced sensing technology, and to provide improved photographs of cloud formations. [3]
An annotated picture of Saturn's many moons captured by the Cassini spacecraft. Shown in the image are Dione, Enceladus, Epimetheus, Prometheus, Mimas, Rhea, Janus, Tethys and Titan. The moons of Saturn are numerous and diverse, ranging from tiny moonlets only tens of meters across to the enormous Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury.
Three variants of the Saturn family which were developed: Saturn I, Saturn IB, and Saturn V. The Saturn family of American rockets was developed by a team of former German rocket engineers and scientists led by Wernher von Braun to launch heavy payloads to Earth orbit and beyond. The Saturn family used liquid hydrogen as fuel in the upper stages.
The year 1966 saw the peak and the end of the Gemini program.The program proved that docking in space and human EVA's could be done safely. It saw the first launch of the Saturn IB rocket, an important step in the Apollo program, and the launch of Luna 9, the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on a celestial object (the Moon).
Saturn V (C-5) Kennedy LC-39A: NASA: Apollo 13 CSM Odyssey: NASA: Intended: Lunar orbit Actual: Lunar free return: Crewed lunar orbit. 15 April 1970: Failure: Apollo 13 LM Aquarius: NASA Intended: Lunar landing Actual: Lunar free return: Crewed lunar landing: 15 April 1970: Failure: Explosion in Service Module crippled spacecraft, resulting in ...