1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS - This is a Year in Review of the NASA program activities for the year 1972.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
26.04 Opening Title
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
26.09 montage: LS Mars; model of Pioneer in space; satellite photo basin area on earth; LS moon rover, astronaut on moon; LS rocket launch.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
26.44 Opening Title
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
26.50 Mariner to Mars. MSs NASA technicians constructing Mariner 9 space probe; satellite photos of martian surface (geological).
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
27.45 Pioneer to Jupiter. LSs Jupiter. LS nighttime rocket launch of Pioneer 10. Animation of Pioneer in space, orbiting Jupiter.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
28.26 Copernicus Star Gazer. MSs NASA scientists constructing Copernicus and its on-board telescope.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
29.02 Small Astronomy Satellite. Newsreel United States / Italian Explorer project series, SAS launch from platform on Indian Ocean.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
29.23 Sounding Rockets. Various shots sounding rockets being launched.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
29.46 Earth Resources. LS high altitude plane taking off; infra-red satellite photo of earth; MSs entrance to NASA photographic technology branch, technicians inspecting satellite photos
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
30.12 Weather Watcher. Illustrations earth-mapping satellites in orbit
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
30.34 Communications Satellites. MS/CU commercial satellite spinning in test in hangar; LSs rocket launch; quick MS control room
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
30.51 Aeronautics. Various shots test plane with digital computer on board (to be used for Apollo lunar lander)
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
31.14 Wind Tunnel Research. Great newsreel of model plane in wind tunnel, undergoing structural flaw test under extreme duress.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
31.39 STOL. Test flight of Short-Take-Off- and Landing (STOL) plane
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
32.00 Noise Abatement. LS/MSs engine test
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
32.27 Lifting Body. LSs wingless M-2 lifting body being deployed from USAF bomber. Early plans for Space Shuttle.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
32.50 Manned Space Flight. EST Kremlin; MSs President RICHARD M. NIXON and Soviet Deputy Prime Minister ALEXEY KOSYGIN singing pact for Apollo/Soyuz docking; NASA animated model of such; MS engineers working on such.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
33.13 Preparing for Skylab. MSs astronauts Thornton, Crippon and Bobko (sp) entering altitude chamber in Houston, Texas, for prolonged period of time; exit shown as well, at test s conclusion; shots scientists testing Skylab; animation of Skylab in space
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
33.51 Apollo 16 & 17. MSs of Apollo 16 Astronauts JOHN YOUNG, THOMAS MATTINGLY and CHARLES DUKE, JR. in full gear, boarding truck on launch day; great shots capsule landing on moon; excellent subjective and objective shots MSs lunar rover traveling along lunar surface; hi-speed shot of astronaut working on moon. Various quick shots of Apollo 17 rocket launch, Vice President SPIRO AGNEW watching on; still montage Apollo 17 astronauts working on moon; LSs space capsule falling into ocean, floating, being retrieved by Navy, brought aboard crusier; astronauts wave.
1972 NASA HIGHLIGHTS
35.56 DO NOT USE NASA logo