Faster access than browser!
27 relations: Associated Press, Attitude control, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17, Dipole antenna, Interplanetary magnetic field, Ionization chamber, Liquid-propellant rocket, Magnetic field, Magnetometer, Mercury battery, Micrometeoroid, Moon, NASA, Nickel–cadmium battery, Pacific Ocean, Pioneer 0, Pioneer 2, Pioneer program, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Resistor, Silver-oxide battery, Solid-propellant rocket, Spacecraft, Thor-Able, TRW Inc., United States.
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Associated Press · See more »
Attitude control
Attitude control is controlling the orientation of an object with respect to an inertial frame of reference or another entity like the celestial sphere, certain fields, and nearby objects, etc.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Attitude control · See more »
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) (known as Cape Kennedy Air Force Station from 1963 to 1973) is an installation of the United States Air Force Space Command's 45th Space Wing.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station · See more »
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 (SLC-17), previously designated Launch Complex 17 (LC-17), was a launch site at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida used for Thor and Delta rocket launches between 1958 and 2011.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 17 · See more »
Dipole antenna
In radio and telecommunications a dipole antenna or doublet is the simplest and most widely used class of antenna.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Dipole antenna · See more »
Interplanetary magnetic field
The interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), now more commonly referred to as the heliospheric magnetic field (HMF), is the component of the solar magnetic field which is dragged out from the solar corona by the solar wind flow to fill the Solar System.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Interplanetary magnetic field · See more »
Ionization chamber
The ionization chamber is the simplest of all gas-filled radiation detectors, and is widely used for the detection and measurement of certain types of ionizing radiation; X-rays, gamma rays, and beta particles.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Ionization chamber · See more »
Liquid-propellant rocket
A liquid-propellant rocket or liquid rocket is a rocket engine that uses liquid propellants.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Liquid-propellant rocket · See more »
Magnetic field
A magnetic field is a vector field that describes the magnetic influence of electrical currents and magnetized materials.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Magnetic field · See more »
Magnetometer
A magnetometer is an instrument that measures magnetism—either the magnetization of a magnetic material like a ferromagnet, or the direction, strength, or relative change of a magnetic field at a particular location.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Magnetometer · See more »
Mercury battery
A mercury battery (also called mercuric oxide battery, or mercury cell) is a non-rechargeable electrochemical battery, a primary cell.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Mercury battery · See more »
Micrometeoroid
A micrometeoroid is a tiny meteoroid; a small particle of rock in space, usually weighing less than a gram.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Micrometeoroid · See more »
Moon
The Moon is an astronomical body that orbits planet Earth and is Earth's only permanent natural satellite.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Moon · See more »
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and NASA · See more »
Nickel–cadmium battery
The nickel–cadmium battery (NiCd battery or NiCad battery) is a type of rechargeable battery using nickel oxide hydroxide and metallic cadmium as electrodes.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Nickel–cadmium battery · See more »
Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Pacific Ocean · See more »
Pioneer 0
Pioneer 0 (also known as Thor-Able 1) was a failed United States space probe that was designed to go into orbit around the Moon, carrying a television camera, a micrometeorite detector and a magnetometer, as part of the first International Geophysical Year (IGY) science payload.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Pioneer 0 · See more »
Pioneer 2
Pioneer 2 was the last of the three project Able space probes designed to probe lunar and cislunar space.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Pioneer 2 · See more »
Pioneer program
The Pioneer program is a series of United States unmanned space missions that were designed for planetary exploration.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Pioneer program · See more »
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the "PG", is the largest daily newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette · See more »
Resistor
A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Resistor · See more »
Silver-oxide battery
A silver-oxide battery (IEC code: S) is a primary cell with a very high energy-to-weight ratio.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Silver-oxide battery · See more »
Solid-propellant rocket
A solid-propellant rocket or solid rocket is a rocket with a rocket engine that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer).
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Solid-propellant rocket · See more »
Spacecraft
A spacecraft is a vehicle or machine designed to fly in outer space.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Spacecraft · See more »
Thor-Able
The Thor-Able was an American expendable launch system and sounding rocket used for a series of re-entry vehicle tests and satellite launches between 1958 and 1960.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and Thor-Able · See more »
TRW Inc.
TRW Inc. was an American corporation involved in a variety of businesses, mainly aerospace, automotive, and credit reporting.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and TRW Inc. · See more »
United States
The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.
New!!: Pioneer 1 and United States · See more »
Redirects here:
Able 2, Pioneer I, Thor-Able 2.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_1
