UMSF space history photo of the month |
UMSF space history photo of the month |
Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Jan 3 2008, 06:23 PM
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Maybe we could make this a monthly item, in which we could look back at the history of Unmanned Space missions.
For January 2008 I've chosen an image showing the coverage of the Sun by early Pioneer 5-8 spacecraft. Pioneer 5 to 8, or Pioneer V to VIII using the system of Roman numerals in vogue during the early 1960s for spacecraft designations, were directed towards the Sun along the earth's orbit to monitor solar activity. Pioneer V was launched on 11th March 1960 and provided the very first space weather report 4 to 8 hours before a solar storm hit the Earth. Some of this Pioneer quartet, Pioneer 6-7-8 even provided updates on our Sun's activity during the early Apollo Moon landings in order to check the damaging potential of solar flares to affect the astronauts. |
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Guest_PhilCo126_* |
Nov 1 2008, 10:37 PM
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For November I have chosen a space observatory photo:
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory (OAO-3), was the third of a series of 4 space observatories. OAO-3, a collaborative effort between NASA and the UK’s Science & Engineering Research council, was launched on 21st August 1972 and carried an X-ray detector built by the University College of London in addition to an 80 cm UV telescope built by Princeton University. Once successfully in orbit, OAO-3 was renamed Copernicus to mark the 500th anniversary of the birth of Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus. The spacecraft operated until February 1981, and returned high resolution spectra of hundreds of stars along with extensive X-ray observations. |
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