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    Pioneer Biosatellite (1968)

    While trying to locate a Douglas proposal to modify an S-IVb into an orbiting bioresearch lab I found this report on the possible use of the Pioneer VI-IX bus for a series of heliocentric orbiting BioSats. Feasibility study for conducting biological experiments aboard a Pioneer spacecraft...
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    • astrobiology cold war douglas aircraft company missile & space division nasa pioneer program space age space biology space race united states
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    TRW Venus Orbiter Proposal - 1968

    Back in 1968 TRW proposed that the last spacecraft in the series Pioneer A-E be modified so that it could be used as the first Venus Orbiter. Mission objectives included a study of the solar winds interaction with the Venusian environment...
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    • 1968 1970 cold war early 1970s inner solar system late 1960s meteorology nasa pioneer program pioneer series probes (nasa) planetary science space age space probes space race space weather study of extraterrestrial atmospheres trw united states venus
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