UNITED STATES: Satellites
Satellite: Earth Resources Technology (ERTS), Geosat, Jupiter, Landsat, Lunar Orbiter, Mariner, Mars Global Explorer, Ranger, Pioneer, Seasat, Voyager, Photography
Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS)
K12428 [Space Collection: Document] [US: Satellite: Earth Resources Technology Satellite]
“Earth Resources Technology Satellite Mosaic – State of Texas”. (43x41) This black and white, glossy chart was prepared in January 1974 and compiled from NASA-ERTS satellite photography.
Geosat
K12443 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Geosat]
1984, “The Joint NASA/Geosat Test Case Project” (AAPG bookstore, 993PP + detached plates, hard in three volumes and dust case.) “The Joint NASA/Geosat Test Case Project was a research venture between NASA and the Geosat Committee, Inc. (a consortium of private companies). The purpose of the Project was to evaluate the utility of remote sensing technology for geological mapping in general and for resource exploration in particular…”.
Jupiter
K12978 [Space Collection] [US: Satellite: Jupiter]
1959 Jan. 21 Jupiter-13 Launch Cover. Cover with a thermo graphed gold craft cachet and a Port Canaveral hand cancel. This was the first launch of a tactical version of this missile.
Landsat
K12406 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Landsat]
1976, "Mission To Earth: Landsat Views The World" (NASA SP-360, 459 pp., hard cover.)
Lunar Orbiter
K12177 [Space Collection: Photograph] [US: Satellite: Lunar Orbiter: Literature]
The Moon as Viewed by Lunar Orbiter, SP-200 Illustrates the most spectacular images of the Moon’s surface from the Lunar Orbiter series of spacecraft. Includes a mission and camera system description plus a hand-held stereoscopic viewer for special series of images. 11 x 14 inches, cloth. NASA/GPO, 1970
K12178 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Lunar Orbiter: Literature]
Atlas and Gazetteer of the Near Side of the Moon, SP-241. Illustrates hundreds of the Lunar Orbiter images with all major craters and features identified. Includes a gazetteer of lunar names and associated image location. 11 x 14 inches, cloth. NASA/GPO, 1971
Mariner
K12167 [Space Collection: Map] [US: Satellite: Mariner: Literature]
Mariner map of Mars. Complete equatorial view between 70 degrees north and south with two partial hemispherical views of the Martian poles beginning at 60 degrees north or south latitude. Scale 1:25,000,000. The chart illustrates and outlines the best images of Mariner 6 and 7 probes close encounter fly-bys during 1969. These images were then “visually developed and recreated using air brush shaded relief technique”. Areas not covered with the fly-bys were air brushed based, in part, on Mariner far-encounter views from Mariners 4, 5, and 7. U.S. Army Topographic Command, August 1970
K12955 [Space Collection] [US: Satellite: Mariner]
1976, "Mars - As Viewed by Mariner" NASA SP-329 (225pp., hard cover) Volume documents the Mariner 9 mission to Mars with text and black and white photographs.
K12407 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Mariner]
1978, "The Voyage of Mariner 10" (NASA SP-424, 224 pp., hard cover.) This book traces the Mariner 10 Mission from its original concept to its ultimate success of planetary fly-bys.
Mars Global Explorer
K12408 [Space Collection: Map] [US: Satellite: Mars Global Explorer]
"West Summit, Pavonis Mons" Martian Map (128x15") This black and white strip map (on Fuji film) was taken by the Mars Global Explorer satellite after it entered Martian orbit in March 1999.
Ranger
K12413 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Ranger]
1965, "Educational Brief of Ranger Spacecraft" NASA 10020, soft cover
Pioneer
K12410 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Pioneer]
2 Books on Pioneer Satellite "Pioneer Odyssey-Encounter With a Giant" (1974, NASA SP-349, 169 pp., soft cover.) and "Pioneer-First to Jupiter, Saturn, and Beyond" (NASA SP-446, 285 pp., soft cover.) details of the Pioneer 10 mission, both publications explore the aspects of the first man made spacecraft to fly beyond the orbit of Mars and provide the first close up photos of Jupiter.
Seasat
K12411 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Seasat]
1982/83, SEASAT Satellite. Two related 1982/83 Geophysical Research Reprint hard cover volumes:
1. Vol. I "Geophysical Evaluation" (261pp.)
2. Vol. II "Scientific Results" (421pp.) "The launch of SEASAT in June 1978 was a major milestone for the application of microwave sensor technology to the remote sensing of the ocean….This volume is the first of two special JGR issued devoted to reporting SEASAT results…".
Voyager
K12412 [Space Collection: Archive] [US: Satellite: Voyager]
Voyager! Documents, journals, memos and publications on Voyager.
"JPL Internal Memo on the Voyager-2 Jupiter Encounter; Voyager Backgrounder", (1980, 37 pp, soft cover.); 2 "NASA Fact" booklets on Voyager; "Voyager Encounters Jupiter, 1979", a NASA magazine with spectacular photographs of the red planet); "Voyager 2 Jupiter Encounter Press Kit" photocopy; "Voyager 1 Encounter with Saturn" press kit photocopy; a photograph of the Voyager launch; photocopy of "Voyager 1, Saturn Encounter Timeline" report.
K12403 [Space Collection: Book] [US: Satellite: Voyager]
1980, "Voyage To Jupiter" (NASA SP-439, 200 pp., soft cover.) This volume depicts the photographic results of Voyager's 1973 flyby of Jupiter.
Photography
K11572 [Space Collection: Photograph] [US: Satellite: Photos]
Approx 200 4 x 5 inch official NASA color transparencies with include planetary images from Viking, Voyager, and Mariner. Rockets include Atlas, Delta, Tital, and Vanguard. Most have ID numbers.
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