NASA NERV

[hesham]

Hi,


I found this report about NASA NERV (Nuclear Emulsion Recovery Vehicle),did we
discuss this subject before ?.


http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/252376.pdf

 

[Michel Van]

So far the congress report label NERV as a Goddard Space flight Center project, with contractor General Electric Co.

as Probe to study energetic particles in lower belt of grant radiation region.
it was launch suborbital on September 19, 1960 from Point Arguello California
on Four stage Argo D-8 the 83.6 lbs. NERV capsule reach high of 1260 miles
and landed 1300 miles from Point Arguello in pacific.

payload
25 wafer of nuclear emulsion a photographic film extremely sensitive to charge particles as low to 5 MEV
next to that three culture of common Bread mold to study there correlate mutation in compare with emulsion results.

the probe was return to the Goddard Space flight Center.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Michel.

 

[Michel Van]

your welcome, Hesham

Odd, looking for more info on NERV, i found almost nothing
and only text that NERV means Nuclear Emulsion Recovery Vehicle
nothing more, no picture, no Data
except one place, this Forum ;D

 

[taalismn]

payload
25 wafer of nuclear emulsion a photographic film extremely sensitive to charge particles as low to 5 MEV
next to that three culture of common Bread mold to study there correlate mutation in compare with emulsion results.

I have a sudden image in my mind of a period-piece B-movie: "YEAST! The Horror From Beyond!"
Okay...it's gone now.

 

[Boxman]

Here's a film recently posted by the San Diego Air & Space Museum (SDASM) Archives on YouTube about the Nuclear Emulsion Recovery Vehicle (NERV) launched aboard an Argo D-8 sounding rocket in 1960.

YouTube - SDASM - F 2690 Ryan Aerolab Project NERV Nuclear Emulsion Recovery Vehicle

 

[hesham]

Thank you Boxman.