SP-424 The Voyage of Mariner 10

 

Index

 

 

Accretion, 102
Airglow spectrometer, 20, 24, 25, 55, 65, 85, 93
Alzak, 32
Analyzers, electrostatic, 23, 47
Antenna: feed problem, 55, 58;
Goldstone, 61, 91, 93;
high-gain, 17, 21, 26, 30, 34, 35, 36, 55, 58, 73, 90, 95;
low-gain, 30, 35
Apollo, 1
Apparitions, planetary, 3, 4, 99
Articulation pointing system, 30, 31, 34
Astrolabe scarp, 118, 122
Astronaut's view, 168
Atlas/Centaur, 11, 13, 16, 34, 45
Attitude control problem, 57, 71, 72, 90, 95
Award recipients, 213
 
Battery, 38
Belton, M. J., 61
Beta cloth, 32
Bibliography, 221
Bit error rate, 29, 40, 41
Bit rates, 40
Blowdown design, 33
Boeing Company, 13, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 38 40, 41, 42, 46
Bombardment, 102
Bridge, M. S., 53
Bright particles, 72, 95
Butman, S., 40
 
Calibration, cameras, 47, 52, 58
Caloris basin, 79, 81, 152, 155, 166
Cameras, 20, 26
Canopus tracker, 41, 54, 57, 64, 72, 95, 96
Cartography, 51, 178, 205
Celestial mechanics, 26
Centaur; 14, 46
Changes from earlier Mariners, 17
Charged particles, 24, 46, 64, 84
Charged particles experiment team, 209
Civilization, 104
Cloud layers, Venus, 65
Cloud patterns, Venus, 64
Colombo, Guiseppe, 11
Comet, 20, 27, 56
Command capability, 33
Commands, 53
Communications, 17, 96
Computer, on-board, 33, 54
Configurations, solar panels, 31
Conjunction, 3, 90
Cook, Captain, 4, 120
Coordination, science, 40
Corona, solar, 91
Cosmic rays telescope, 19, 24
Countdown, 42
Cratering, 83
C-shaped markings, 67
Cunningham, N. W., 91
 
Data quality, 40, 41, 178
Data records, 41, 177
Deep Space Network, 36, 41, 91, 177
Deployment, sunshade, 36
Diameter, Mercury, 6;
Venus, 6
Digifax, 177, 181
Discovery scarp, 120, 165
Door, protective, 31, 41, 47
 
Earth: magnetic field, 24;
pictures, 47
Eastern Test Range, 36, 42
Ecliptic, 3
Electrostatic analyzer, 22, 47
Elongation, 4
Encounter, planetary, 29
Engineering data loss, 89
Error correction, 178, 186, 191
Evening star, 1, 3, 4
Evolution of planets, 103
Experimenter data record, 177
Extended mission, 30, 40
 
Feed problem, antenna, 55
Filtering, pictures, 178, 184, 197
Filters, imaging, 27
Fletcher, J., 213
Flight data subsystem, 17
Flyby trajectory, 29
Focus, 46
Formation of planets, 5
Frame, T.V., 27
 
Gain, antenna, 34
Galileo, 3
Gas jets, 31, 54, 57
Gas, reaction control, 30, 54, 57, 71, 72, 90, 95
Gault, D., 81
Giberson, Walker, E., 13, 64, 91
Goddard Space Flight Center, 38, 53, 85, 177
Gravity, 5, 65
Gravity-assist trajectory, 11, 13, 29
Guidance precision, 13
Gyroscopes, 57, 64, 71, 72
 
Heater problem, 46, 57
Helios, 96
Helium, 65, 85, 93, 102
Hermes, 1
Hesperus, 1
Horus, 1
Hydrogen corona, 56
Hydrogen, Venus atmosphere, 65
Hun Kal, 112
 
Image processing, 177, 181
Image Processing Laboratory, 177
Imaging experiment, 20, 26, 29, 40, 41, 93, 177, 208
IMP spacecraft, 24
Incoming mosaic, 157
Incremental mode, 33
Inferior conjunction, 3
Inferior planets, 3
Infrared radiometer, 19, 21
Infrared radiometer team, 209
Internal heating, 102
ionosphere: Mercury, 85;
Venus, 65
 
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 11, 13, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 41, 42, 45, 46, 54, 73, 83, 91, 177, 213
Jumbled terrain, 81, 166
 
Kapton, 32
Kennedy Space Center, 14, 38, 42
Kohoutek, 20, 27, 56
Kuiper, G., 74
 
Launch of Mariner 10, 45
Launch simulation, 41
Launch window, 29
Locations, instruments, 41
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 52, 83
 
Magnetic disturbance, Venus, 64
Magnetic fields, 23, 24
Magnetic fields experiment team, 209
Magnetometer, 19, 23, 38, 64, 84
Magnetosphere, 98
Management, 40
Maneuvering capability, 30
Mariner series of spacecraft, 14
Mariner 10 spacecraft, 14;
subsystems, 16;
weight, 16
Mariner Venus/Mercury, 13,
trajectory, 13
Mare surfaces, 83
Mars, satellites of, 5
Mars, surface features, 103
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 52
Mercury: albedo, 4, 78;
atmosphere, 21, 25, 85;
closest approach to, 74;
density, 7;
elongation, 4;
encounter, 73, 89, 97;
first pictures, 73;
ionosphere, 85;
magnetic field, 84, 89, 97, 101, 102;
mass of, 85;
mosaics and maps, 93, 107;
occultation by, 74,
orbit, 2,
other names 1,
phases 5
photo sequence, 74,
plains 102;
regolith, 85;
rotation, 7, 21, 101;
shape, 85;
solar wind, 84;
surface, 7, 74, 79, 85;
temperature, 85;
trajectory, 71, 72, 89, 90, 91;
transits, 4
Meridian, Mercury, 112
Mission Control and Computing Center, 41, 177
Mission, extended, 17
Moon, north pole, 51
Moon, pictures, 47, 51, 52
Morning star, 1, 3, 4
 
National Space Data Center, 177
Navigation, optical, 94
Nitrogen gas loss, 57, 72, 96
Nitrogen tank, 30
Null position, 96
 
Occultation, 4, 19, 25, 62, 74
Occultation spectrometer, 24, 25
Optical navigation, 94
Original data record, 177
Oscillation, roll, 57, 71, 72
Outgoing mosaic, 157
Oxygen, atomic, 65
 
Period, orbital, 4
Period, synodic, 1, 4
Periodic time, 1
Phases, inner planets, 3, 5
Phosphorous, 1
Pioneer 10, 33, 41
Pioneer spacecraft, 24
Pixel, 27, 177, 178, 180, 186
Plains, 79, 83, 102
Planets, 2, 102
Planets, evolution, 103
Planets, formation, 5, 102
Planetary exploration, 104
Plasma analyzer, 19, 22, 41, 47, 208
Plasma science team, 208
Plasma, solar wind, 23
Pleiades, 52
Pointing accuracies, 30
Polar hoods, 67
Pole, south, Mercury, 156
Position mode, 33
Power, electrical, 30
Power switchover, 55, 89
Processing, image, 177
Propulsion system, 17, 30, 33, 72
Protection, rocket engine, 31
Protection, spacecraft, 31, 32
Purdy, W. 1., 57
 
Radio communications, 37, 40, 96
Radio experiment, 20, 26, 62, 65, 85
Radio science team, 209
Ray craters, 79
Relativity, 91
Reset, FDS, 55
Rocket engine, 31, 36, 54, 72, 90, 91
Roll calibration, 55, 57, 71
Roll drift mode, 95
Rotation, Mercury, 7, 21
Rotation, solar panels, 31
Rotation, Venus, 6
 
Satellites, 27
S-band, 17, 34, 91
Scan platform, 24, 33, 56, 57
Scanning electron spectrometer, 22, 47
Scarps, Mercury, 78, 92
Science coordination, 40
Science instruments, 13, 19, 41, 46
Science reports, 221
Science Steering Group, 13, 40
Science teams, 208
Set, 1
Shipment, spacecraft, 42
Skylab, 33, 56
Solar cell panels, 17, 30, 34, 57, 71, 90, 95
Solar conjunction, 90
Solar corona, 91
Solar flares. 24
Solar gravity, 91
 
Solar sailing, 30, 71, 90
Solar thermal vacuum tests, 36
Solar wind, 6, 7, 19, 22, 23, 64, 84, 85
Soumi, V. E., 64
Spacecraft, separation, 42
Spacecraft teams, 208
Space Science Board, 12
Spectrometers, 20, 24, 33, 46, 47, 65
Stamp, commemorative, 99
Stereo pairs, 168
Subcontractors, 209
Sun-line maneuver, 72
Sunshade, 17, 32, 33, 36, 46
Superior conjunction, 3
Surfaces, planetary, 103
Synodic period, 1
 
Tank, propellant, 31
Tape transport, 37, 89
Teflon, 32
Telescope, low-energy, 41
Television cameras, 20, 26, 33, 41, 46, 52, 57, 73, 177
Television experiment team, 208
Temperature, cameras, 46. 57
Temperature, solar panels, 30
Temperature, Mercury, 85
Temperature, Venus clouds, 64
Testing, 34, 36, 42, 51
Thermal control, 17
Thermal stress tests, 36
Thrusters, 33
Time, periodic, 1
Time, synodic, 1
Titan III/Centaur, 11
Trajectory correction, 33, 53, 57, 71, 89, 90, 91
Transmission rates, 40
Transit, 3, 5
Two-channel data stream, 29
 
Ultraviolet markings, 63
Ultraviolet radiation, 19, 47, 56
Ultraviolet spectroscopy team, 209
University of Chicago, 83
 
Variable tilt, 30, 31
Venus: albedo, 4;
atmosphere, 6, 21, 65, 101,
closest approach to, 62;
clouds, 20, 41, 61, 64, 65, 67, 101;
elongation, 4;
first picture, 61;
haze layers, 61;
image processing, 198;
ionosphere, 64, 65;
occultation by, 62;
orbit, 2;
orbital period, 4;
other names, 1;
phases, 3, 5;
rotation, 6, 101;
shape, 65;
size, 6;
surface temperature, 6;
synodic period, 4;
trajectory, 41, 47, 54, 56, 57;
transits, 4;
ultraviolet markings, 6, 63, 101
Vibration tests, 35
Victoria scarp, 164
Video Analysis Facility, 177
 
Weight, spacecraft, 16
Weird terrain, 81, 166
Wide angle TV, 41
Window launch, 29, 38, 40, 45
 
X-band, 17, 34, 91

 

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