... We thank the Swift team for their rapid scheduling of this observation. ... 2455705.20851 V 14.15 0.03 2455707.83079 V 14.10 0.03 2455710.84028 V 13.53 0.02 2455713.64631 V 13.66 0.02 2455714.65479 V 14.11 0.03 2455714.71823 V 14.12 0.02 2455714.78596 V 14.20 0.02 2455717.39593 V 14.37 0.03 2455726.62861 V 14.83 0.04 2455727.16343 V 14.57 0.04 2455730.50586 V 14.57 0.03 2455730.57329 V 14.56 0.03 2455730.70360 V 14.66 0.04 2455738.32865 V 14.00 0.02 2455742.86146 V 14.21 ...

... Even though the DoD would ultimately select senior Air Force officials, US Navy oceanographers and Air Weather Service officers as shuttle payload specialists, MSEs would be the first personnel from an American military programme to go into space. ... One Air Force officer, Maj. ... Jacobson was concerned about shuttle launch delays and wanted the MSEs to understand that his mission, i.e., the launch of national security payloads, dwarfed their mission, flights in space by Air Force personnel. ...

... Luna-9 lander . ... Luna-16,20,24 return capsules . ... Luna-16 drill . Luna-16 drill cutaway . Luna-16 drill base . ... Luna-17 . Luna-17/21 closeup . Luna-17/21 ramp . Luna-17/21 top view . Luna-17/21 bottom view . ... LK landing leg shock absorber . ... LK engine . Krechet detail . Krechet lunar suit . ... Venera-8 lander . ... VEGA TV platform . Venera-2..-7 engine . ... VEGA lander . ... Vega baloon probe . ... Mars/Venera engine . ... Mars-3 lander . ...

... It was nothing known about the nearest to the Sun planet before the spaceship flight "Mariner-10", launched in the 3d of November 1973 and flied to the Mercury in the 29 of March 1974. The snapshots of the surface showed an astonishing similarity the Moon's and Mercury's reliefs. ... During the second flight they determined the duration of a Mercury day (88 terrestrial days) the day temperature was 510°C and the night one was about 210°C. The heat flood radiated by the surface was also determined. ...

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