A brief outline of NASA's space exploration plans for the 1970s is given. Research of the upper atmosphere and near-earth space will slack off in comparison with that which was done in the past, although now missions with very specific tasks will be launched, instead of those intended to get a general picture of these regions. Space Shuttle and Spacelab will open up the possibility of using the ionosphere as a huge plasma laboratory without walls. Exploration of other planets will continue with the Mars Lander and Viking Lander, the Pioneer-Venus program, and flybys of Jupiter and Saturn.


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    Title :

    Future NASA plans for the exploration of the terrestrial and planetary atmospheres


    Contributors:
    Bauer, S. (author)

    Conference:

    Institut fuer physikalische Weltraumforschung, Tagung anlaesslich der Institutseinweihung ; 1974 ; Freiburg im Breisgau


    Publication date :

    1974-11-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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