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  • LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
  • 1970-1974  (10,449)
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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: A two-axis drive system is described for pointing a high gain antenna. Motion about each axis is provided by identical drive mechanisms. Only three gear passes are required to obtain the necessary 900:1 gear reduction. The drive system is a primary element of an experiment that will provide a real time data link between Nimbus and ground stations. Data are transmitted from Nimbus to the applications technology satellite, which relays the data to ground stations.
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    Type: NASA. Ames Res. Center 6th Aerospace Mech. Symp.; p 117-120
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: The Intelsat 4 communications satellite has two spot beam antennas which are pointed to selected land masses by gimbaled positioners. The positioners employ drive motors with electromagnetic brakes and jackscrews that are self-caging during the launch. The positioner uses dry lubricants for ball bearings, spur gears, screw and nut, and various journal bearings. A coefficient of friction of approximately 0.05 was demonstrated in vacuum operation. Success of the positioner was demonstrated on the first Intelsat 4 placed in orbit in January 1971. The developmental problems that were encountered and their solutions are discussed.
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    Type: NASA. Ames Res. Center 6th Aerospace Mech. Symp.; p 109-116
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: Measurements of the positions of the sources of solar radio bursts at decameter wavelengths, 20- to 60-MHz range, provide information about physical conditions in a region of the corona extending from about one-half to several solar radii from the surface of the sun. Position measurements in the 20- to 60-MHz range were made with the Clark Lake sweep-frequency grating interferometer. Although the resolution of the instrument is sufficient to measure source position accurately, the highly variable effect of refraction in the earth's ionosphere severely limits the observations, distorting position determinations to such an extent as to make much of the position data useless unless ionospheric refraction can be taken into account. A method was developed for the removal of the refractive effect from the data to permit determination of true source position. With this technique it is considered possible to measure spatial extent of radio sources that will provide information about emission processes and physical parameters in the corona.
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    Type: Significant Accomplishments in Sci., 1970; p 149-153
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: A technique is described for reducing near-in sidelobes in spacecraft antennas by cancellation. This technique takes a small portion of the radiation from the antenna aperture and generates the near-in lobes, which are then fed out of phase relative to the main signal. Results of sample cases indicate that the first three lobes can be nearly eliminated at a 40% reduction in aperture efficiency.
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    Type: JPL Quart. Tech. Rev., Vol. 1, No. 4; p 34-42
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: A design guide for minimizing electromagnetic interference in aerospace communication equipment for ground stations is presented. Specifically treated are the mechanisms of generating unwanted radio emissions that may affect station operations as well as other communications services, the mechanisms by which sensitive receivers become susceptible to interference, means for reducing interference, standard methods of measurement, and the problems of site selection. The sources of interference are viewed primarily as originating from communications transmitters aboard spacecraft and aircraft, ground transmitters within and outside the ground stations, and other electrical sources on the ground that are not intended to radiate.
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    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Radio Freq. Interference Handbook; p 1-106
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: Water addition to the Gemini 3 exhaust plasma was studied to determine its effectiveness in the establishment of communication links during the entry portion of the flight. Attenuation levels were measured with and without water injection at uhf frequencies of 230.4 and 296.8 megahertz and at the C-band frequency of 5690 megahertz. Ultrahigh frequency signals that had been blacked out were restored to significant levels, during early portions of the water-injection sequence, by the high flow rate injection. The C-band signal was enhanced by medium and high flow rate injections during the latter portion of the injection period. The uhf signal recovered during water injection resulted in an antenna pattern that was beamed in the radial direction of injection from the spacecraft. Postflight analysis showed that the uhf recovery data were consistent with injection-penetration theory.
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    Type: The Gemini Porgram: Phys. Sci. Expt. Sum.; p 471-485
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Impedance behavior of short cylindrical antenna used as diagnostic probe in isotropic and magnetized plasmas
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    Type: NASA. LANGLEY RES. CENTER THE ENTRY PLASMA AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 47-56
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Communications control group teletype line switching equipment for space stations
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    Type: THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK, VOL. 1 15 FEB. 1971; P 113-116
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Antenna rigging angle optimization within structural member design for improved antenna performance
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    Type: THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK, VOL. 1 15 FEB. 1971; P 81-87
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Reflector surface distortions of 210 ft antenna and their effects on radio frequency performance
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    Type: THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK, VOL. 1 15 FEB. 1971; P 76-80
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  • 11
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Polarization diverse S band feed cone for DSIF reflector antennas
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    Type: THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK, VOL. 1 15 FEB. 1971; P 66-72
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  • 12
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Second/third order hybrid phase locked receiver for tracking frequency ramp signals
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    Type: THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK, VOL. 1 15 FEB. 1971; P 42-45
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  • 13
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Examination of deep space Doppler data for terrestrial media contamination
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    Type: THE DEEP SPACE NETWORK, VOL. 1 15 FEB. 1971; P 31-41
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  • 14
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Effects on high temperature microwave antenna breakdown of ionization frequency, collision frequency, diffusion coefficient, and breakdown parameters
    Keywords: COMMUNICATIONS
    Type: NASA. LANGLEY RES. CENTER THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 489-508
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  • 15
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Impedance matcher for automatically maximizing power radiated from X band antenna on reentry vehicle by eliminating power dissipated as heat
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    Type: NASA. LANGLEY RES. CENTER THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 449-463
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  • 16
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Computer solution of plane electromagnetic wave interaction with bounded inhomogeneous plasma slab with electron density gradient transverse to wave
    Keywords: COMMUNICATIONS
    Type: NASA. LANGLEY RES. CENTER THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 427-448
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  • 17
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Slot antenna radiation pattern distortion produced by boundary layer plasma sheath around conical reentry vehicles
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    Type: NASA. LANGLEY RES. CENTER THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 411-425
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  • 18
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Antenna radiation patterns and electron density profiles in turbulent plasma flow
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    Type: NASA. LANGLEY RES. CENTER THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 379-410
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  • 19
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Reentry plasma effects on RAM C-1 VHF telemetry antenna radiation patterns
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    Type: THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 183-201
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  • 20
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Shock tube measurements of admittance of RAM C-2 and RAM C-3 diagnostic antenna admittance to analyze accuracy of calculated electron density
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    Type: THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 157-182
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  • 21
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: RAM C-3 S band diagnostic antenna systems and calculations of electron density profiles
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    Type: THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 137-155
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  • 22
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Coding, synchronization, combinatorial, multiple access, propagation, and permutation studies for telecommunications systems
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    Type: SPACE PROGRAMS SUM. NO. 37-61, VOL. 3 28 FEB. 1970; P 25-89
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  • 23
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: The fixed and variable Martian features investigated by the TV experiment on Mariner 9 are described. Articles are presented concerning the dust storm of October to November over the Southern Hemisphere; global surface geodesy and cartography; geology; and the satellite astronomy.
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    Type: Mariner Mars 1971 Proj., Vol. 5; p 63-70
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  • 24
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: A spacecraft recorder was developed with the objective of functioning continuously for 5 years. The resulting design employed a metallic tape wound in a 200-turn helix. A direct drive, brushless dc torquer and servo speed control drove the recorder at 3 rpm for recording and 54 rpm for playback.
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    Type: 6th Aerospace Mech. Symp.; p 89-93
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  • 25
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: Extreme value theory is examined to explain the cause of the bias and spread in performance of communications systems characterized by low bit rates and high data reliability requirements, for cases in which underlying noise is Gaussian or perturbed Gaussian. Experimental verification is presented and procedures that minimize these effects are suggested. Even under these conditions, however, extreme value theory test results are not particularly more significant than bit error rate tests.
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    Type: JPL Quart. Tech. Rev., Vol. 1, No. 4; p 58-68
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  • 26
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: The use of the earth-moon system for radio tracking has several potentially useful aspects, from a scientific standpoint: extension of the baseline by two orders of magnitude, absence of lunar atmosphere, higher-velocity parallax with a longer period, and the moon's more modellable rotation. The facility would be a convenient base station for other research, not directly involving the tracking capability, but utilizing its orbiting data link features.
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    Type: Proc. of the Conf. on Exptl. Tests of Gravitation Theories; p 249-251
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: Range and Doppler measurements for the Mariner 6 and 7 spacecraft are described. The Doppler tracking system and the two systems of spacecraft ranging apparatus being used in the Deep Space Network are illustrated. Charged particle calibration is considered. Equipment characteristics are presented for the ranging apparatus.
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    Type: Proc. of the Conf. on Exptl. Tests of Gravitation Theories; p 158-165
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  • 28
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: The measurement of inhomogeneities in the electron content along the orbital paths of Gemini 8 and Gemini 9 missions was not accomplished because the tracking information was not available. The use of ultrahigh frequency radio transmission was the primary factor in the successful removal of a very high frequency Faraday rotation ambiguity; but, as was expected, this was not very useful for fine-scale polarization studies. Ionosonde data were useful in the computation of the slab thickness at the closest point of approach of the spacecraft.
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    Type: NASA. Manned Spacecraft Center The Gemini Program: Phys. Sci. Expt. Sum.; p 487-507
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  • 29
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: All digital, single channel command subsystem for spacecraft communication
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    Type: SPACE PROGRAMS SUM. NO. 37-61, VOL. 3 28 FEB. 1970; P 126-129
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Spacecraft antenna optimization, receptance coupling program, deformation modes and dynamic response of structures, and holographic measurements
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    Type: SPACE PROGRAMS SUM. NO. 37-61, VOL. 3 28 FEB. 1970; P 171-190
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  • 31
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: Predictions of surface and near surface blockiness using earth based radar measurements were made. Two polarizations of the radar echoes were measured - polarized and depolarized. Particular attention was given to the depolarized echoes. North Ray and South Ray Craters and a 512-m diameter lunar crater in the Flamsteed Ring were used for the study.
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    Type: NASA. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Apollo 16 Prelim. Sci. Rept.; 3 p
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: The purpose of the reported experiment was to determine the principal electromagnetic and structural properties of the lunar surface from the observation of command and service module (CSM) radio transmissions that were reflected from the lunar surface and received on earth. These transmissions emanate from the CSM communication systems at wavelengths of 13 cm (S-band) and 116 cm (very high frequency (VHF)). Lunar crustal properties such as dielectric constant, average slope and slope probability, density, small-scale surface roughness, and embedded rocks to a depth of 20 m may be determined. The results are proving to be most useful in understanding the processes that have produced and modified the crust and in distingushing between adjacent and subjacent geological units. The experimental observations are also of intrinsic interest in the study of electromagnetic scattering.
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    Type: NASA. Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Apollo 16 Prelim. Sci. Rept.; 13 p
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  • 33
    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: Procedures for achieving electromagnetic compatibility in electronic and electrical equipment for aerospace ground stations are investigated. The application of shielding theory to good design is treated and standards of good practice are outlined for bonding, grounding, wiring, and cabling. Some aspects of filter design are explained, and suggestions are given for the application of filters to electronic and electrical equipment.
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    Type: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Radio Freq. Interference Handbook; p 107-198
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  • 34
    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Radio wave propagation through plasmas studied for communication with hypersonic vehicles during reentry
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    Type: NASA. LANGLEY RES. CENTER THE ENTRY PLASMA SHEATH AND ITS EFFECTS ON SPACE VEHICLE ELECTROMAGNETIC SYSTEMS, VOL. 1 1970; P 3-17
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    Description: Components and techniques for radio and optical space communication
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    Type: SPACE PROGRAMS SUM. NO. 37-61, VOL. 3 28 FEB. 1970; P 90-120
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  • 36
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Radio frequency subsystem requirements and estimated reliability data for Thermoelectric Outer Planet Spacecraft
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    Type: SPACE PROGRAMS SUM. NO. 37-61, VOL. 3 28 FEB. 1970; P 121-125
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  • 37
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-27
    Description: Mechanically despun antenna system design for spin stabilized spacecraft used in ATS and Intelsat systems
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    Type: JPL PROC. OF THE 4TH AEROSPACE MECH. SYMP. 15 JAN. 1970; P 13-18
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  • 38
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: The radar augmentation device (RAD) serves to increase the radar response of a target body and thus expedite radar acquisition. The design and development of the RAD are discussed with particular emphasis on technical problems that were encountered and solved. Discussions of the mode of operation of the RAD and the ground test history are also included.
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    Type: NASA. Ames Res. Center 6th Aerospace Mech. Symp.; p 65-72
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  • 39
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    Publication Date: 2005-11-30
    Description: Observations, made by the RAE satellite, of earth magnetospheric noise are reported. The observations show radio noise exists at 700 kHz and below. The results are included in graphs.
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    Type: Significant Accomplishments in Sci., 1970; p 75-80
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  • 40
    Publication Date: 2006-08-20
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Calif. Univ. Res. in the Space Sci., v. 2; 24 p
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  • 41
    Publication Date: 2006-04-05
    Description: A very broad band of electromagnetic radiation is emitted during solar flares, especially at the explosive phase. The existence of a large variety of plasmas with various densities and a wide range of temperatures or energies is proposed as the initiating agent. The manner in which the plasmas are heated and accelerated to subrelativistic and relativistic energies is discussed. Observational evidence on the characteristics of active regions which produced proton flares and on the structure of the associated nonthermal microwave bursts of the sun is presented. The behavior of subrelativistic electrons on the sun is described.
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    Type: NASA, Washington High Energy Phenomena on the Sun; p 78-86
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  • 42
    Publication Date: 2006-03-28
    Description: The effects of external mechanical and climatic actions on the efficient operation of magnetic tape recording equipment are analyzed. The efficiency and reliability of the recording system are determined by the structural parameters and the characteristics of the individual elements of the transport mechanism circuit. The resistance of tape recording equipment to the effects of vibration is considered essential for reliable operations. Methods for insuring reliable tape transport and recording action are discussed.
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    Type: Cybernetic Diagnostics of Mech. Systems with Vibro-acoustic Phenomena (NASA-TT-F-14899); p 271-274
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  • 43
    Publication Date: 2006-03-28
    Description: Problems in measurement of irregularities in angular velocity of rotating assemblies in memory devices with rigid and flexible magnetic data carriers are discussed. A device and method for determination of change in angular velocities in various frequency and rotation rate ranges are examined. A schematic diagram of a photoelectric sensor for recording the signal pulses is provided. Mathematical models are developed to show the amount of error which can result from misalignment of the test equipment.
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    Type: Cybernetic Diagnostics of Mech. Systems with Vibro-acoustic Phenomena (NASA-TT-F-14899); p 279-282
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  • 44
    Publication Date: 2006-03-12
    Description: There are two types of experimental measurement errors of the Doppler data associated with the radio occultation, random and systematic. Random errors are due to thermal noise in the transmission channel, and the phase lock loop, and quantization error in the digital circuitry. These are called noise type errors. The systematic errors are due to geometric uncertainty and equipment phase instability. Considered is the amount of uncertainty, due to random measurement errors, in the refractivity profiles reconstructed by this type of indirect sensing experiment. A class of refractivity profiles is defined which approximately fit the set of measured data. Bounds are placed on the extent of this class of solution profiles. To accomplish this, the sensivity of the reconstructed refractivity profiles to errors in the measured quantity and the statistics of the errors in the measurement are examined.
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    Type: NASA. Ames Res. Center Math. of Profile Inversion; 5 p
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    Publication Date: 2006-03-12
    Description: A review of exact techniques for determining the surface of a three-dimensional perfectly conducting body is given, followed by some new results on the uniqueness question concerning the number of measurements that may be required to explicitly determine the surface of the body. It is then shown that the inhomogeneous but spherically symmetric dielectric electromagnetic case is reducible to a scalar inverse problem that can be treated by known techniques.
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    Type: NASA. Ames Res. Center Math. of Profile Inversion; 11 p
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    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: An estimate of the antenna noise temperature and the uplink signal-to-noise ratio has been made for Bremsstrahlung radiation emitted by a spacecraft ion beam; a worst-case situation in which the spacecraft antenna is located in the exit plane of the ion beam and directed at varying angles into the ion beam is assumed. Numerical results of the antenna noise temperature versus antenna pointing angle are given for a typical set of ion beam and antenna pattern parameters. The uplink signal-to-noise ratio due to the ion beam noise alone is given in terms of a critical range in AU at which a typical ranging transmission is received with S/N = 0 db. The effects of the ion beam divergence angle and antenna distance on the ion beam are also presented. Results of the study show typical increases in the antenna noise temperature of about 0.2 K and critical ranges of the order of 3-5 AU. An ion engine thus generally introduces an undetectable level of noise into a spacecraft receiver.
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    Type: JPL Quart. Tech. Rev., Vol. 2, No. 2; p 61-71
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  • 47
    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: Optimal design concepts are presented for two- and three-channel telemetry modes in the context of the Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973 mission and the usefulness of interplex modulation techniques is discussed. These ideas are applied as an example to one Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973 telemetry mode to demonstrate that interplex can reduce the required total average power by more than 2 dB in some cases.
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    Type: JPL Quarterly Tech. Rev., Vol. 2, No. 1; p 143-151
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  • 48
    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: A peripheral drive belt on the Mariner Mars 1971 tape recorder failed when a thin longitudinal strip separated off one edge. Analysis showed that the most probable cause of failure occurred from flexural fatigue initiating in mechanically weak locations which are introduced into the belt during fabrication. Methyl ethyl ketone, which is employed as a cleaning solvent during fabrication, was found to cause permanent reduction in engineering properties of polyester and could have contributed to the reduction of the fatigue resistance. Fatigue properties of the polyester drive belt are reviewed for the operating condition, as well as the sensitivity of polyester to cleaning solvents and the origin of mechanically weak locations.
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    Type: JPL Quarterly Tech. Rev., Vol. 2, No. 1; p 82-99
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  • 49
    Publication Date: 2006-02-22
    Description: Methods were developed for measuring frictional forces acting on a magnetic tape in motion or at rest, as well as the extent of stick slip. The effects of factors such as temperature, humidity, kind of gaseous atmosphere, and tape speed on the frictional interaction between various tapes and heads were investigated. Results were instrumental in the selection of a tape for the Mariner Mars 1971 spacecraft. Studies are reported on the stick slip behavior of tapes and the performance of a metallic tape, compared with the usual plastic tapes.
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    Type: JPL Quarterly Tech. Rev., Vol. 2, No. 1.; p 100-106
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  • 50
    Publication Date: 2006-04-25
    Description: Computer program for calculating radiation pattern of ATS 6 flexible rib-reinforced reflector
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    Type: NIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SCI. AND TECHNOL. AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 1970; P 259-262
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    Publication Date: 2006-04-25
    Description: Amplifier gain control for Apollo scan television signal enhancement
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    Type: NIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SCI. AND TECHNOL. AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 1970; P 344-349
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  • 52
    Publication Date: 2006-04-24
    Description: The results of the reduction of simultaneous observations of 29 meteors are presented in tabular form. Fragmentation of the observations is discussed along with the 50 meteors not yet reduced.
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    Type: Meteor Res. Program; p 83-99
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    Publication Date: 2006-04-24
    Description: The procedures used in the analysis of television and simultaneous observations are described. Starting with the right ascension and declination of the meteor, the celestrial triangle formed by Sidell and the meteor is solved, and the epochs of the beginning and end of the meteor observation as recorded on the video tape are determined.
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    Type: Meteor Res. Program; p 69-76
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    Publication Date: 2006-04-24
    Description: The original image-orthicon equipment used for simultaneous radar and optical observations is described. The adaptations made to enhance its usefulness for meteor observations, and the specialized calibration and photometric procedures developed for this purpose are also described. Some brief comments concerning the use of the secondary electron conduction vidicon are included.
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    Type: Meteor Res. Program; p 29-36
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    Publication Date: 2006-04-25
    Description: Performance of mercury cadmium telluride photovoltaic infrared mixer for ATS 6 carbon dioxide laser communication system
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    Type: NIFICANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN SCI. AND TECHNOL. AT GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER 1970; P 272-274
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    Publication Date: 2006-04-26
    Description: Median noon absorption values for each month from 1964 through 1967, the diurnal variations of absorption on the regular world days, and the seasonal variations of absorption are given. The dependence of the absorption coefficient on sunspot number is analyzed.
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    Type: Morphology of the Quiet and Disturbed Ionosphere; p 99-112
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    Description: Based on the assumption that the ionized column left behind a moving meteroroid is underdense, it is shown that radar observations of the column yield resonable aproximations to the meteoriod's speed and trajectory. The principles and procedures for finding a meteor's position and vector velocity from the observed data are also presented.
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    Type: Meteor Res. Program; p 51-68
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    Description: The procedures for calibrating the antenna patterns of the Havana radar system are described along with the reduction of the measurements made using a dipole towed behind an airplane. The power-gain pattern for the north, south, and joint troughs of sites 3 and 4 are plotted.
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    Type: Meteor Res. Program; p 37-50
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    Publication Date: 2006-04-24
    Description: A general description is given of the eight-station system at Havana which incorporated high-gain antennas and a powerful transmitter to reach faint meteors on the order of magnitude of plus 12. The station location, principle of system design, systems connections, transmitter, receivers, logics, range measurement, and recording are described.
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    Type: Meteor Res. Program; p 19-27
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  • 60
    Publication Date: 2006-04-05
    Description: High resolution position and spectrum measurements were made of a complex solar radio activity on January 14, 1971, from 1120 to 1130 UT. Positions were measured with 169 MHz Nancay E-W Radioheliograph, while dynamic spectra and polarization were observed with the 60-channel radiospectrograph of Nera. The radio event consisted of two closely similar groups of type 3 bursts and type 2-like details, and a stationary type 4 continuum, including some very clear pulsating structures. The general aspect of this activity is presented.
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    Type: NASA, Washington High Energy Phenomena on the Sun; p 610-614
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    Publication Date: 2006-04-05
    Description: Solar burst observations in the region above 10 GHz (wavelengths less than 3 cm.) are discussed. Observations have shown that many major solar events have large millimeter wave components. The total burst radio energy is frequently concentrated in this part of the spectrum. Graphs are presented showing the peak flux density spectrum for bursts on specific dates. Microwave burst mean duration is plotted as a function of the particle energy.
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    Type: NASA, Washington High Energy Phenomena on the Sun; p 114-123
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  • 62
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Lunar surface material was studied for its content of viable microorganisms (aerobic and anaerobic, fungi, and viruses); the effect of the lunar surface material on the growth of microorganisms and its interaction with somatic cells of mammals was also observed. No viable microorganisms were detected; the samples exhibited neither stimulant or inhibitory action on the growth of microorganisms, and also showed no cytopathogenic action on tissue cultures. A suspension of lunar surface material particles was not toxic when parenterally administered to certain laboratory animals. The particles were subjected to intense phagocytosis by connective tissue cells in vivo and in vitro.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 597-605
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  • 63
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: A description is given of instruments for determining the friction properties of the surficial layer of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic lunar station, as well as the friction properties of its analogs: andesite-basaltic sand and basalts. The experimental method and results are presented.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 590-596
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Results are reported on an investigation of the mechanical properties of the lunar surface material sample returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. The study included determination of the specific weight of the surface material, the nature of its disintegration, and the determination of its compressibility characteristics, shear resistance, and bearing capacity. Quantitative data are presented on mechanical properties for the lunar surface material, many of which are determined for the first time. The instruments and experimental techniques are described.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 556-569
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Thermal and electrical properties are reported of lunar surface material returned to Earth by the Luna 16 automatic station and its terrestrial analogs studied in a vacuum and in a helium atmosphere. Study of the lunar surface material and its analogs showed that their specific heat capacity and electrical properties are similar in value but the coefficients of thermal conductivity differ. The results are compared with data on thermal and electrical properties of the surficial layer of the Moon obtained by indirect radiometric methods, and with results obtained for samples of lunar surface material returned to Earth by the crew of the Apollo 11 spacecraft.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 549-555
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Density, specific heat capacity, and coefficient of thermal conductivity were studied on a sample of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. The study was carried out in a helium-filled chamber. The density of the surface material when freely heaped was 1.2 g/cu cm, and when shaken down -- 1.7 g/cu cm. The specific heat capacity was 0.177 + or - 0.010 cal x g/1 x deg/1. The coefficient of thermal conductivity in the material was 4.8 x 10/6 + or - 1.2 x 10/6 cal x cm/1 x sec/1 x deg/1.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F15881); p 538-548
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Thermostimulated exoelectronic emission of eight fragments of regolith returned by the Soviet Luna 16 automatic station was studied. The nature of the exoemission glove-curves was determined by particle type. Fragments of breccia, sinter, slag, anorthosite, glass plate, and leucocratic gabbro after the first heating disclosed a single exoemission maximum, whose temperature position is in the range 115 to 200 C. The data obtained indicate the complex and inhomogeneous energy structure of some regolith fragments. The presence of surface states capable of forming sorptive bonds can be assumed for most particles. The exoemission of anorthosite, olivine, and the glass spherule is due to the presence of formation defects at their surfaces.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 528-537
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: A secondary electron multiplier was used to study the thermostimulated exoelectronic emission of particles of lunar surface material returned by the Soviet Luna 16 automatic station. The natural exoemission from fragments of slag, glass, anorthosite, and a metallic particle was recorded in the isochronic and isothermal thermostimulation regimes. The temperature of emission onset depended on the type of regolith fragment. For the first three particles the isothermal drop in emission is described by first-order kinetic equations. For the anorthosite fragment, exoemission at constant temperature is characterized by a symmetric curve with a maximum. These data indicate the presence of active surface defects, whose nature can be due to the prehistory of the particles.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 521-527
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Results of measuring the specific magnetic susceptibility of regolith are presented. The data indicate that regolith samples from the Sea of Tranquillity and the Sea of Fertility are similar in order of magnitude of the specific magnetic susceptibility. Several stony meteorites of subgroup L have a similar value of this quantity. After comparison with artificial analogs, it can be concluded that the bulk content of ferromagnetic minerals in regolith samples is 3 to 4 percent.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 502-511
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: A high precision investigation of a metallic fragment from the lunar material returned by the Soviet Luna 16 automatic station revealed three characteristic temperature intervals with different kinetics of solid solution decomposition. The following were found in the structure of the iron-nickel-cobalt alloy: (1) delta-phase and alpha-ferrite of diffusional, displacement origin in the grain boundary and acicular forms; and (2) martensite of isothermal and athermal nature, acicular, lamellar, massive, and dendritic. The diversity of the shapes of structural constituents is associated with the effect on their formation of elastic distortions and various mechanisms of deformation relaxation processes.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 512-520
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Observations of local variations in the intensity and spectral composition of the cathodoluminescence of lunar regolith are described. These variations are caused by structural features, by the kind and quantity of the material, and by the admixtures. In addition, cathodoluminescent emission is also associated with a change in the temperature of the lunar surface. Periodic diurnal illumination and darkening of the moon is responsible for a temperature gradient normal to the lines of longitude. These observations made of regolith, using a scanning electron microscope with an attachment for temperature variation, simulate the indicated thermal changes of the cathodoluminescent properties of lunar material.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 496-501
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Transmission spectra in the 2-25 micrometer region were obtained for samples of lunar regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. A comparison of the Luna 16, Apollo 11, and Apollo 12 samples showed that the infrared transmission spectra of regolith samples from the mare regions are similar and characteristic of basic basaltic rocks. The absorption bands show up in the vibration region of the SiO4 groups. No water and OH groups were found in the samples based on the spectrum. Spectra of regolith samples calcined at 1000C showed changes that can be interpreted as changes in the spectra of irradiated crystals (especially distinctly for the Luna 16 samples).
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 486-495
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Polarization measurements with a telescope for the degree of polarization of light reflected by planetary surfaces, and comparative measurement of terrestrial minerals, meteorites, and returned lunar samples are reported. The polarization curve plots of the dependence of the degree of polarization on the phase angle V are plotted and compared with each other to determine the optical characteristics of the planetary surfaces.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 477-485
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Polarimetric properties were determined for the L-16-19-1-116 samples, weighing 0.087 g. The measurements were made for five wavelengths between 3540 and 5850 AU. In addition, the normal albedo was determined for each of these wavelengths. The albedo for the measured sample was slightly lower than for the typical material of the dark lunar maria and in addition, there was a well developed branch of negative polarization, which resembles the branch obtained for carbonaceous chondrites crushed into powder, and the branch obtained for the powders of several terrestrial basaltic and ultrabasic rocks.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 468-476
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Measurements are made of the indicatrix of scattering of lunar surface material with an indicatometer that has a spread of the illuminating beam of less than 0.5 deg and of the detected beam of about 1.5 deg. The results are compared with the indicatrices for the lunar mean obtained by terrestrial telescopic measurements. It is concluded that the main features of the reflection of light by the moon) (rapid rise in brightness with approach to the full moon) are accounted for by the microrelief caused principally by grains smaller than a millimeter.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 449-452
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Spectra of reflection, emission, and transmission of regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station were investigated in the 1.8-13 micrometers region. A reflection maximum was shown to be present in the region 3 to 5 micrometer, along with a corresponding minimum in the emission coefficient. The spectra were interpreted based on a comparison of the optical properties with the chemical and structural properties of the regolith. The regolith in the entire array of properties in the infrared region differs appreciably from terrestrial objects. Spectra of diffuse reflection and the spectra at angles of incidence 0 deg and angles of reflection 15 and 30 deg with samples of the regolith returned by the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions revealed a similarity of the infrared reflection characteristics of the regolith from different lunar mare regions.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 453-467
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: A diffuse reflection spectra analysis is reported for regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station and by the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 expeditions. The spectra of the specular reflection of Sea of Fertility regolith, as well as the spectra of diffuse reflection from polished sections of lunar rocks from the Sea of Tranquillity and the Ocean of Storms have no well-defined structures and are close to each other. The lowest reflectivity is exhibited by the Sea of Tranquillity regolith, and the highest -- by the Ocean of Storms regolith. A weak absorption band with a maximum near 1 nm is noted in the spectra, corresponding to the Fe-2(+) ion in the octahedral position in the lattice of regolith mineral constituents. When the indicatrix of scattering of the regolith was recorded, a specular component was detected.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 441-448
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The Luna 16 automatic station returned from the Sea of Fertility a 35 cm long column of lunar surface material. 1 g of the Luna 16 lunar surface material, taken at a depth of 22 cm, consists of fine material: surface material and fine fragments of rocks from 1 to 4 mm in diameter. Analyses made on 17 mg of the fine lunar surface material are presented. The results obtained for the Luna 16 surface material are plotted on the diagram of the isotopic evolution of strontium and show that this surface material is most depleted of radiogenic Sr-87 of all the known lunar surface materials and that the point characterizing Lunar 16 lies somewhat to the right of the line corresponding to an age of 4.6 billion years.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 436-440
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: By averaging the absolute age of lunar regolith materials from the Sea of Fertility for the fine regolith fraction from the core zone V, an age of 4.65 10 to the 9th power + 0.4 10 to the 9th power years was obtained, employing as the primordial Sr-87/Sr-86 ratio 0.69884 (ADOR). Also close to this age value is the age estimate based on the Pb-207/Pb-206 ratio. Using the value 0.69898 (BABI) as a primordial Sr-87/Sr-86 ratio reduces the calculated age of the fine regolith fraction to 4.25 X 10 to the 9th power years. The fine fraction of lunar regolith from the Sea of Fertility is also characterized by a minimum addition of radiogenic Sr-87, a minimum Rb/Sr ratio, and a maximum K/Rb ratio compared with analogous lunar material from other points.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 410-435
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Using an electron scanning microscope and a high voltage microscope, a study was made of the radiation damage and structure of micron sized grains and grains separated from the 200-mesh fraction of the L-16-19 surface material sample. Then the structural features were compared with those found by studying with the same techniques grains separated from 20 different samples of lunar dust taken from the Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, and Apollo 15 collections. The L-16-19 sample is similar to the most intensely irradiated samples returned to earth by Apollo craft.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 404-409
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Tracks in crystals of feldspars, olivines, pyroxenes, and in several fragments of basalts from a sample of Luna 16 lunar surface material were studied. A high track density, exceeding 10 to the 8th power cm/2 was found. The tracks were produced mainly by iron group nuclei of cosmic galactic and solar rays.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 400-403
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Samples returned to earth by Luna 16, were studied with a high voltage electron microscope for ultramicroscopic features. The following amazing features were noted in particles of surface material returned in all the lunar trips: A very high density of tracks of nuclear particles, ultrathin amorphous shells, highly rounded forms, and amazingly good ordering of crystal lattice. These features were used along with calibration experiments in solving the following problems: (1) determining the energy spectrum and chemical abundances of the very heavy nuclei in the solar wind and in the solar cosmic rays; (2) studying the past activity of the sun; (3) obtaining data on lunar dynamic processes affecting dust particles; (4) analyzing composite effects caused by penetration of solar wind into the lunar surface material; and (5) establishing the existence of the ancient lunar atmosphere and magnetic field.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 388-399
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Preliminary data from an investigation of tracks in olivine crystals, separated from the five zones of a lunar surface material core, are reported. The gradients of track densities, their lengths, and their angular distribution were measured with an optical microscope. Throughout the core depth (35 cm) crystals bearing traces of exposure to low energy solar cosmic rays were found, indicating the occurrence of mixing processes in the surficial layer of lunar surface material. The age of the occurrence of the samples investigated on the lunar surface, calculated from the track density, is in the interval 0.7 to 16 million years.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 379-387
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Using a scintillation gamma spectrometer with shielding against anticoincidences, the content of the natural radioelements (K, U, and Th) and long-lived cosmogenic radioisotopes (Al-26, Na-22, and Mn-54) in a sample of Sea of Fertility regolith was determined. Based on the content data of natural radioelements, an attempt was made to classify this sample in the scale of petrochemical types of terrestrial rocks arranged in accordance with their silicic content and alkalinity. Within the frame of reference of calcium-uranium systematics of lunar samples, a comparison was made of the K/U ratio obtained for the Sea of Fertility sample with analogous data for other regions of the moon. Also discussed are problems on the depthwise distribution of cosmogenic radioisotopes along the regolith profile.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 311-319
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The activities of cosmogenic isotopes Al-26 and Na-22 in two samples taken from different depths of the lunar regolith core returned by the Luna 16 automatic station were measured by scintillation gamma spectrometer. The measured activities, when recalculated to the time of sampling of the lunar surface material, are: Al-26 - 62 + or - 8 and 54 + or - 9; Na-22 - 42 + or - 8 and 48 + or - 9. Depthwise distributions of the activities of these isotopes in lunar rocks of different types indicate the presence of a considerable depth gradient of activity near the surface caused by the fall off in the fluxes of primary and secondary cosmic radiation. The absence of this gradient in the measured samples, along with data on the tracks and content of inert gases, as well as the granulometric characteristics of the regolith indicate that the surficial layer of the regolith at the sampling site underwent mixing.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 358-369
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The origin of isotopes of inert gases in lunar surface material was investigated from the standpoint of the isotopic two-component status of inert gases in the solar system. Helium and neon represent the solar wind component, while krypton and xenon are planetary gases. Type A gases are trapped by the material of the regolith in the early stages of the existence of the solar system and were brought to the lunar surface together with dust. The material of the regolith therefore cannot be considered as the product of the erosion of the crystalline rocks of the moon and in this sense are extralunar. The regolith material containing type A gases must be identified with the high temperature minerals of the carbonaceous chondrites.
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    Type: Lunar soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 348-357
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The content and isotopic composition were studied of inert gases -- He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe -- in samples of lunar regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. The samples were taken from depths of about 12 and 30 cm. The high concentrations of inert gases exceed by several orders their concentrations observed in ordinary stony meteorites. The gases in lunar regolith were a complex mixture of gases of different origins: Solar, cosmogenic, radiogenic, and so on. Solar wind gases predominated, distributed in the thin surficial layer of the regolith grains. The concentrations of these gases in the surficial layer is several cubic centimeters per gram. The isotopic composition of the inert gases of solar origin approaches their composition measured in gas-rich meteorites.
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    Type: Lunar Soil From the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 334-347
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The O2 content in the No. 16/078 sample of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station was determined by activation using 14 MeV neutrons. The O2 content in the sample is 42.1 + or - 1.2 weight percent.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 330-333
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The abundance of the following elements in the L 16-19 No. 118 regolith sample, zone V was determined by isotopic dilution using a mass spectrometer equipped with a scattering ion source: Li -- 9.8, Be -- 1.2, Be -- 2.6, and Ti -- 1.92 percent. For comparison, these same elements were measured in samples of surface material returned by Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and Apollo 14, and in the terrestrial reference standard diabase W-1. The content of Li, Be, and B in the Luna 16 sample is nearly the same as in the Apollo 11 surface material. The surface material returned by Apollo 12 and Apollo 14 contains two to four times more of these elements. However, the abundance ratios of Li, Be, and B are remarkably similar in the surface materials from the four different lunar regions. With respect to basaltic achondrites and especially with respect to chondrites, the lunar basalts are enriched in Li, Be, and B up to 100 times.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 320-329
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  • 90
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The isotopic composition of alkali and alkaline earth elements in the Luna 16 regolith was investigated by the method of thermionic emission, without chemical separation. The isotopic composition of the lithium in two regolith samples did not differ (within the limits 0.5 percent) from the mean of the terrestrial reference standard. At the same time, the observed difference (1 percent) in the isotopic composition of lithium between the samples requires further investigation and confirmation. The isotopic compositions of K and Rb did not differ within the limits of experimental error from the isotopic composition of the reference standard.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 306-310
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The content of He isotopes is measured in two samples of the lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. Both samples consist of a fine fraction of lunar surface material and were samples from zone A (sample 3-2k) and from zone V (sample 9-1r). The value of He4/He3 and the concentration of the He isotopes are identical for both samples, within the limits of experimental error.
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    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 311-319
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  • 92
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Common gases from inclusions in glass fragments and spherules of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station were investigated by the adsorption volumometric method. Inclusions from eight particles were analyzed. A gas mixture from the inclusions had two- (CO2 and H2), three- (CO2, H2 and N2 + inert gases), and (H2S, SO2, and NH3), H2,N2 + inert gases, and four component (H2S, SO2, and NH3), CO2, H2, and N2 + inert gases, compositions. Hydrogen in all analyses was 10 to 95 volume percent. Diffusional exchange with the terrestrial atmosphere was absent. An unexpectedly high density of gases in the vacuoles was obtained. The initial volume of the bubbles when the vacuoles were breached even rose 2.5 times and decreased in the limits of 2.3 to 54.5 times. Various possibilities for the formation in the lunar surface material of glass fragments and spherules are discussed.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 293-305
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  • 93
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    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: From comparing the mineral and chemical composition of regoliths with the compositions of primary magmatic lunar rocks, it is shown that mare regolith is enriched in aluminum and depleted in iron, titanium, and chromium. This effect cannot be accounted for only by the admixture of highland anorthositic material. The entire array of geochemical data points to the considerable role of depth-wise differentiation of the magmatic material in forming the composition of the primary lunar rocks and, naturally, the composition of the regolith. During regolith formation, processes of the effervescing of magma as it outflowed at the lunar surface were of primary importance. Impacts by micrometeorites represent another important factor.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 277-292
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  • 94
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Distribution regularities of copper, scandium, molybdenum, tin, lead, and iron group elements were investigated in basaltoid rocks of lunar and terrestrial origin. Samples of various regolith zones taken in the area of the Sea of Fertility were analyzed, along with samples of basic and ultrabasic rocks of the East African Rift for their content of the trace admixtures listed. Data obtained on the abundance of copper, scandium, molybdenum, tin, lead, cobalt, nickel, chromium, and vanadium in Luna 16 lunar surface material were compared with the abundance of these elements in samples of lunar rocks returned by Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and Apollo 14, with the exception of scandium; its content in the latter samples was considerably higher.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 260-268
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  • 95
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The direct determination of mercury by the atomic fluorescent method is described, involving the pulsed thermal atomization of powdered samples when the mercury is vaporized in argon at normal pressure. An increase in the mercury abundance in the regolith of the surficial layer with decrease in grain size and with variation in depth was noted, from 6 minus 1 million the surficial layer to 9 minus 1 million percent at a depth of about 30 cm. It is shown that in conditions simulating lunar day, at temperatures of 130-150 C up to 15 to 20 percent of the mercury is vaporized from a 2 mg regolith weighed sample, and thus the hypothesis is advanced that mercury is adsorbed by the surface layers of the lunar surface material during lunar night and desorbed during lunar day. The assumption is advanced that there exists a meridional mercury wind between subsolar region of the moon (heater) and the polar regions (cooler).
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 253-259
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  • 96
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Samples of Apollo 11 lunar surface material were studied by the Mossbauer effect. Owing to the small number of other resonant isotopes, all measurements were made with Fe-57 nuclei. The principal constituents of the material were as follows: Iron containing silicates (olivine, pyroxene, and so on), ilmenite (FeTiO3), and metallic iron.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 250-252
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  • 97
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Samples of bulk fractions of lunar regolith from the surface layer A and the deep layer V were measured by Mossbauer spectroscopy with the FE57 nucleus. Metallic iron, ilmenite, olivine, pyroxene (mainly augite), and glasses were found. The iron distribution by mineral phases indicates that Luna 16 regolith differs from Apollo 11 regolith by a lower ilmenite content and a greater amount of olivine, and differs from Apollo 12 regolith by somewhat more olivine. No appreciable amount of iron was found in the trivalent state.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 238-249
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  • 98
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: The results are presented of investigating lunar rock samples returned by the Luna 16 automatic station, using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). The EPR technique makes it possible to detect paramagnetic centers and investigate their nature, with high sensitivity. Regolith (finely dispersed material) and five particles from it, 0.3 mm in size, consisting mostly of olivine, were investigated with EPR.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 232-237
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: Methodological and analytical capabilities associated with spark mass spectrometry and X-ray spectroscopy are presented for the determination of the elemental composition of samples of lunar regolith returned to the earth by Apollo 11 and Apollo 12. Using X-ray spectroscopy, the main constituents of samples of lunar surface material were determined, and using mass spectrometry -- the main admixtures. The principal difference of Apollo 11 samples from Apollo 12 samples was found for elements contained in microconcentrations. This is especially true of rare earth elements.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 220-223
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  • 100
    Publication Date: 2006-01-11
    Description: X-ray electron spectra were obtained of the 2p-levels of Fe, Ti, Si, Al, and Mg, and of the 1s-level in lunar regolith from the Sea of Fertility and the Sea of Tranquillity. The spectra of the same elements were recorded for approximately 30 rock forming minerals, oceanic gabbro, meteoritic eucrite, and several iron meteorites. Analysis of the results based on line positions showed that all the elements studied have the usual degrees of oxidation, and that oxygen atoms are their nearest neighbors. The predominant coordination number of Al is 4. Analysis and comparison of the Fe2p spectra in regolith, various iron meteorites, and stainless steel leads to these conclusions: Metallic iron in lunar regolith is in a highly dispersed state and is unusually stable with respect to oxidation by the oxygen of the earth's atmosphere.
    Keywords: LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION
    Type: Lunar Soil from the Sea of Fertility (NASA-TT-F-15881); p 224-231
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