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... Sparrow 2 missile. At the conclusion of the Velvet Glove programme, aside from the technical status of the missile, which was good considering the time of its emergence, an impressive guided missile capacity existed ... of the Sparrow 2 missile, Canadair was once more appointed prime contractor and production capacity for this missile was set up. De Havilland designed the complete A.P.U. for the missile and this sub ...

... -105 Avro Arrow fighter interceptor program, in favour of missiles; specifically the Boeing Bomarc-B medium range surface-to-air nuclear missile. A Government Not Interested in Space The day before replying to ... chance of intercepting an enemy missile or bomber. ref 8 Cardeplex was a combination of a polyurethane composite mixed with a perchlorate oxidizer. It could be loaded in such a way that it would adhere ... note 1 Proceedings of the CAS Vol 1 No 1 Feb 1959 note 2 Minutes of Cabinet Defence Committee Feb 5th 1959 note 3 Proceedings of ...

... a U.S. citizen in 1954. In the United States, he had first worked at White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, "where he shared his expertise on the V-2 MISSILE V-2 , a German rocket-propelled bomb, and on guided missile projects." In 1950 Rees had moved to Huntsville, Alabama, to serve as Deputy Chief of the Guided Missile Development Division at ... , Rees had been Deputy Director of the U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency 's Development Operations Division. He had received a Distinguished Service Medal from NASA for his role in the Apollo ...

... of Defense (DOD) successfully conducted the first of a series of tests of a proposed missile defense system. An unarmed Minuteman missile, carrying a dummy warhead and decoy balloon, launched over the Pacific ... Syria were developing long-range missiles that could hit the United States. September 1999 September October 1999 October Oct 1 1999 1 Oct 2 1999 2 Oct 3 1999 3 Oct ...

... Nuclear-Powered Long Range Ballistic Missiles,” issued in March 1955. Here the Los Alamos National Laboratory argued a ground launch of a nuclear rocket lacked a payload advantage, but boosting a nuclear stage to 50 ... C5-A and Boeing 747, didn’t exist and even when they did, their ability to launch a large rocket was unproven until the Air Force launched a Minuteman missile out of a C5-A in ... flight crew to leave the area before the nuclear engine starts, thereby avoiding radiation exposure. 2. nuclear engines need about 30-60 seconds to come to full power, so the solid ...

Image:RT-2.jpg 100px The RT-2 missile was the first intercontinental solid-propellant missile. Its first launch took place on February 26, 1966. In 1968 the missile was added to inventory. Category:Launch Vehicle

... -2 rocket (which led to our present missile and space rockets), and many other developments which have proved to be of vital importance to our way of life. So, I feel that a ... '50s, aerospace companies have become accustomed to a diet of caviar, filet and champagne. The government has poured something like 100 billion into rockets, missiles and spacecraft since the Soviet Union's Sputnik went up in October, 1957. The torrent of funds is now being reduced, if not precisely to a trickle, certainly to a more ...

... not be established on February 27. The fourth firing of an advanced Polaris A-2, and the first from a ship, was made by the U.S.S. Observation Island as she cruised ... 's Scientific Advisory Committee on Project Mercury visited Atlantic Missile Range for a briefing. March 1961 March Mar 1 1961 1 Mar 2 1961 2 Mar 3 1961 3 Mar 4 1961 4 Mar ...

... an unidentified satellite on June 1, on behalf of the American Radio Relay League. With a 92-minute period, the 10-lb. satellite broadcasts "Hi" in Morse code on 144.993 ... not given the Project Oscar Association on the launching of OSCAR II. Navy successfully fired a Polaris missile from submerged nuclear submarine U.S.S. Thomas Edison, off Cape Canaveral . The Polaris ... his orbital flight on Feb. 20, 1962. June 1962 June Jun 1 1962 1 Jun 2 1962 2 Jun 3 1962 3 Jun 4 1962 4 Jun 5 1962 5 Jun 6 ...

... the applicants would make it "difficult to narrow the field ... paring that number will be a real challenge." (NASA Release 77-161) NASA announced it had appointed Isaac T. Gillam, IV ... joined NASA in 1963 after serving in the USAF as a pilot, missile launch crew commander, and ROTC instructor. After receiving a B.A. from Howard Univ., he had done graduate work at Tenn ... anno Aug 4/77) July 1977 July August 1977 August Aug 1 1977 1 Aug 2 1977 2 Aug 3 1977 3 Aug 4 1977 4 Aug 5 1977 5 Aug 6 ...

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