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...main objective of the experiment," Lilley explained, is the measurement of the temperature of the surface of the planet on the night side, along the path separating day and night, and on the sunlit side...
...Edward Lilley, associate professor of Astronomy, who helped design the Venus Mariner II spacecraft, yesterday explained and evaluated the experiment...
...very pleased with the quality of the data," Lilley stated, but said he could not discuss scientific findings...
...Lilley working with three other scientists, helped make the first plans for the radio telescopes in June 1960 at the Jet Propulsion Laboratories in Pasadena, Calif. The scientific instruments and the spacecraft were assembled in California and then taken to Cape Canaveral to be tested. The final decision on the type of radio telescopes to use was made there...
...second probe, Mariner II, was entirely successful and arrived at Venus last Friday. The measurements of Venus were radioed to tracking stations in, California. Lilley, in Cambridge, was able to listen to a "moment-by-moment account" of the craft's performance over the phone...