orbiting solar observatories carrying a number of complex experiments devised by scientists seem s a other government agencies and university seven of the ten experiments aboard return new and useful information on the condition of the sun at solar minimum this included measurements on the solar output in the near ultraviolet x ray and gamma ray region november also was placed in a stone moat where it is coasting on its own so that we may examine its magnetic additive also to can be reactivated at a later date when solar conditions have also three launched in august failed to orbit and was lost in the south atlantic the experiments lost will be duplicated in the fit of self the fourth and fifth also scheduled for flight are in various stages of fabrication and test at the contractor plant our present knowledge of the sun has shown clearly the need for a higher precision higher capacity spacecraft for the study of solar phenomena real experiments have already been selected for several a astronomy the study of the universe a teaser new dimensions with the ability to put instruments above the earth's atmosphere here they may measure gamma ray x ray ultraviolet infrared and radio wave radiation that cannot reach the ground in one hundred sixty five after five years of exceedingly difficult development work the first orbiting astronomical observatory was being readied for fli the experiment packages have been tested and integrated into the first flight model all whales will carry the experimental packages of such institutions as university of wisconsin goddard space flight center and many othe r scientific agencies and universities the prototype model completed its qualification test at the contractor it is being modified to serve as a later flight spacecra five five additional explore satellites were lost one of the most important scientific discoveries of the space age has been the earth's magnetosphere region of influence of the earth inspect it was suspected from the results of the experiments carried by early pioneer and explorer satellite and confirmed by explorer fourteen and the first interplanetary monitoring platform  april a beacon explorer twenty seven was put in orbit it is measuring the earth's gravitational field through doppler tracking in addition its trends but whose provide to observers in thirty six nations  built by johns hopkins applied physics laboratory it is an active satellite containing flashing light electronic systems and laser reflectors for detailed study of the earth's gravitational field and a reference for precision mapping was successfully launched in november by an upgraded version of the delta launch vehicle which was being flown for the first time also in nine hundred sixty five a passive geodetic explorer page eos was inflation tested in likers new jersey it will be lost in nine hundred sixty six some satellites built by other nations were launched by nasa in one nine hundred sixty five the isis act was launched in completely successful experiment have added considerably to our knowledge of the ionic seats surrounding the spacecraft the two are orbiting within approximately one mile of each other and ducting related measure vehicle has been used extensively in launching spacecraft for nasa department of defense and international organization there have been thirty nine launches since nine hundred sixty last consecutive firings have been successful like explorers the sounding rocket is an economical reliable and versatile tool nine hundred sixty five approximately one hundred thirty were launched to continue the investigation of  industrial laboratories and university government officials were welcomed at many of the parts visited over ninety five percent of the launches were successful most important of the scientific accomplishments was the ability to conduct our first rocket measurements of the guy on sphere from equatorial region logical rocket network nasa sustaining university program is providing grants nationwide for graduate training scientific research and laboratory facilities that support and encourage fundamental space science research in the academic community hundred sixty five more than three thousand predictable students worked under nasa training grants they were in universities in each of the fifty states seventy received their ph d s during the year and are doing teaching or research in government industry or university during the year sustaining university program research grants totaling more than thirteen million dollars made to forty five universities located in twenty seven states their interim or final results were a significant factor in space science accomplishment space science and engineering laboratories wholly or partly funded by nasa were put into service at twelve institutions during nine hundred sixty five five more had been previously completed and another sixteen are underway the academic community joins with industry and government in the national space effort and a national effort to get it scientists and researchers from the colleges and universities engineers and scientist administrators and technicians at contractor plants throughout the country and the scientists the project managers the engineers and technicians at nasa field and bob sanders this is the team these are the men who made nine hundred sixty five a year of success for space science and applications some of the highlights there were new uses for communication satellites already  your logical satellites with the capability of our greatly increased weather coverage were placed in orbit useful results came from the scientific and technological experiments program for astronauts during manned spaceflight and there was progress in the development of a bio satellite to carry other life forms and experiments into the space environment sent our nasa launch vehicle for surveyor was launched successful a to complete the first phase of its development program it was a year in which our knowledge of the earth the sun and the physical nature of the universe was increased by the scientific information returned from or laboratory and by explorer satellites by an ear space probe and various sounding rockets our most spectacular successes were the lunar photographs of the ranger series and the pictures made by mariner four which gave man his first close look at the surface of mars these were highlights of nine hundred sixty five now we look to the future to the new challenges and the continuing opportunities in that limitless laboratory