Sentence examples for orbiter 1 from inspiring English sources

1966 Luna 9 and Surveyor 1 make first lunar soft landings; Luna 10 and Lunar Orbiter 1 become first spacecraft to orbit Moon.

It was taken from Lunar Orbiter 1 in 1966, the first of several orbiters that helped gather data for the first moon landing in 1969.

Lunar Orbiter 1 was launched on Aug. 10, 1966; the last in the series, Lunar Orbiter 5, was launched on Aug. 1, 1967.

When the spacecraft came out from behind the Moon for its fourth pass across the front, the crew witnessed "Earthrise" for the first time in human history (NASA's Lunar Orbiter 1 took the very first picture of an Earthrise from the vicinity of the Moon, on August 23 , 1966.

In 1999 he co-piloted Orbiter 3, the first balloon to circumnavigate the globe (the other two Orbiters failed to complete the trip).

The trip, begun by Jones and Piccard on March 1 aboard the Breitling Orbiter 3, took 19 days, 21 hours, and 55 minutes to complete.

The best-known and largest, of course, is the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, which millions visit each year to check out treasures like Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St . Louis the Apollo spacesuits and the Gondola from the Breitling Orbiter 3 balloon.

He was originally designated as a third copilot of Breitling Orbiter 3 but became Piccard's sole copilot after Wim Verstraeten and another pilot backed out of the flight.

The Breitling Orbiter 3 gondola was recovered and placed on display at the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. Upon completion of the circumnavigation, Jones helped plan a number of high-profile ballooning projects, including an attempt to break the ballooning altitude record.

Mr Piccard helped pilot Orbiter 3, the first balloon to fly non-stop around the world, and comes from a family of adventurers: his grandfather, Auguste, was the first to fly a balloon into the stratosphere and his father, Jacques, plunged to record depths in a bathyscaphe.

There is, at least, a bit of room to stretch out on a reclining seat (which also doubles up as a toilet).The flying will be shared by the two men who have set up the project, Bertrand Piccard, who in 1999 co-piloted Orbiter 3, the first balloon to circumnavigate the globe, and André Borschberg, a fighter pilot and engineer.