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  "A summary of major NASA launchings" between October 1st and December 31st, 1968.

  This is the first Quarterly Supplement to the October 1968 edition of GP 381, ''A Summary of Major NASA Launchings (Eastern Test Range and Western Test Range)." This Supplement covers the period from October 1 to December 31, 1968. Two additional Quarterly Supplements will be issued during 1969. Each of these will list those major NASA launchings occurring during the three-month period it covers. The basic publication will be revised and reissued, incorporating the information contained in the Supplements, as well as covering the final three-month period, subsequent to October 1, 1969. William A. Lockyer, Jr.
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  "Saturn/Apollo contract change : letter from George E. Mueller to Morton E. Henig."

  Correspondence letter detailing Mueller's concerns regarding potential issues in the design of the Saturn stages.
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  Bibliography of AEDC J-2 engine test reports.

  Includes a letter to David L. Christensen, Research Institute, University of Alabama, Huntsville, Alabama from James Neely, dated March 18, 1969, with the subject line, "Technical paper entitled 'Start Transient Investigation of the Rocketdyne J-2 engine at Simulated Altitude Conditions.' " The bibliography of all AEDC J-2 engine test reports between July 1966 and Octoebr 1968 is attached.
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  "Digital Transducers."

  This paper outlines the major advantages of digital transducers and describes the principles and features (1) direct digital transducers, (2) indirect digital transducers, (3) quasi-digital transducers, and (4) A to D transducers.
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  The lunar roving vehicle (LRV) on the Moon.

  This photo shows the LRV on the moon at the Hadley-Appenine mountain range landing site during the Apollo 15 mission. Developed by Marshall Space Flight Center and built by Boeing, the LRV was an electric vehicle used to explore the Moon's surface during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions.
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  The lunar roving vehicle (LRV) during its construction.

  Developed by Marshall Space Flight Center and built by Boeing, the LRV was an electric vehicle used to explore the Moon's surface during the Apollo 15, 16, and 17 missions.
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  Juno II launch.

  Juno II was developed by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama.
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  Jupiter missile.

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  NASA Facts leaflet on Marshall Space Flight Center.

  The leaflet describes Marshall's role in developing launch vehicles for the space program, its collaboration with NASA facilities in Mississippi and Louisiana, and its research and development operations. Includes a map.
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  Jan Davis working in the Space Habitation Module on Space Shuttle Discovery.

  Davis served as a Mission Specialist on STS-60, the second flight of the Space Habitation Module (Spacehab). As part of the mission, she conducted thin-film crystal growth experiments in the Wake Shield Facility.