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Explorer XVII Satellite, NASA history, Goddard space flight center

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Weighing 405 lbs. (184 kg), this 35-inch (89-cm) pressurized stainless steel sphere measured the density, composition, pressure and temperature of Earth's atmosphere after its launch from Cape Canaveral on April 3, 1963. The mission was one of three that Goddard Space Flight Center specifically conducted to learn more about the atmosphere's physical properties, knowledge that they ultimately used for scientific and meteorological purposes. Explorer XVII carried two spectrometers, four vacuum pressure gauges and two electrostatic probes. Before it reached its intended orbit that ranged from 158 to 570 miles (254-917 km) above Earth, the satellite was spun up to about 90 rpm...Image # : G-63-4001

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label_outline Explore 1960 S Men, 1960 S, 60 S

TRAINING - ASTRONAUT GLENN, JOHN - AEROMEDICAL LAB - CAPE

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. –Outredgeous red romaine lettuce plants grow inside in a prototype VEGGIE flight pillow. The bellows of the hardware have been lowered to better observe the plants. A small temperature and relative humidity data logger is placed between the pillows small white box, central. U.S. astronauts living and working aboard the International Space Station are going to receive a newly developed Vegetable Production System VEGGIE. VEGGIE is set to launch aboard SpaceX's Dragon capsule on NASA's third Commercial Resupply Services mission targeted to launch Dec. 9 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Photo credit: NASA/Gioia Massa KSC-2013-3566

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE SERVICING MISSION 4 (HST SM4) LAUNCH EVENTS-SENATOR BARBARA MIKULSKI

QUEEN VISIT TO GSFC 2007 - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

NASA SOLAR DYNAMIC OBSERVATORY (SDO) MEDIA DAY AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft at Goddard Space Flight Center -ORBIT INSERTION BLDG 32 MISSION OPERATIONS CENTER

MORGAN FREEMAN VISITS GSFC - U.S. National Archives Public Domain photograph

JFK Tour of KSC. NASA public domain image colelction.

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE (JWST) HELIUM SHROUD AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

NASA SOLAR DYNAMIC OBSERVATORY (SDO) MEDIA DAY AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

SPACE SHUTTLE STS-135 LANDING EVENTS AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER

HIGH PRESSURE 1.6 FAN SIMULATION ASSEMBLY

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explorer xvii atmospheric satellite gsfc goddard space flight center 1960 s men 60 s 1960 s explorer xvii satellite explorer xvii four vacuum pressure two spectrometers satellite steel sphere pressure cape canaveral nasa