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Image:Aerobee 150A.jpg 300px An Aerobee 150A two-stage sounding rocket being prepared for launch at Wallops Island in 1963. The 1900 lb thrust rocket was expected to reach 152 miles during this flight. Category:Launch Vehicle

... radiation in ultraviolet and x-ray regions were launched for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ; Aerobee 150 sounding rocket equipped with spectrophotometric instruments to measure abso­lute intensity of spectral features ... of electron and neutral particle temperatures in the ionosphere using instru­mented payload launched by Aerobee 300A sounding rocket to 207-mi. altitude. At Pleasant Pond, Me., GSFC team photographed eclipse with ...

... of experiments was under direction of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. ''(Wallops Release 64-11)'' Aerobee 300A vehicle launched from NASA Wallops Station carried 95-lb. instrumented, payload to 192-mi. altitude ... of Univ. of Michigan and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center . ''(Wallops Release 64-10)'' NASA Aerobee 150 sounding rocket launched from White Sands, N. Mex., sent instrumented payload to 117-mi ...

... Wallops Island, Va., launch site, an unusual `first" in NASA sounding rocket program. Launched by Aerobee 300A sounding rocket, experiment obtained temperature data on electron and neutral particles and measured ion and ...

... other realms on which we have particularly concentrated." ''(Transcript; Wash. Post, 3/21/65)'' NASA Aerobee 300A sounding rocket was successfully launched from Wallops Station , Va., to a peak altitude of 326 ...

... size of x-ray source from deep space could be determined. Other scientific payloads aboard Aerobees had measured Crab Nebula, collected micrometeoroids, taken temperatures aloft, and recorded air densities. In 1952 Air Force Aerobee carried two monkeys and two mice in biomedical experiments. Rocket originally weighed 700 kg (1600 ...

... Harvard's Advanced Management Program. (NASA announcement, Jan. 17/85) NASA successfully launched today an Aerobee liquid-fueled, sounding rocket from White Sands Missile Range , New Mexico, marking the end of ... rocket-firing program. NASA's Sounding Rocket Division had launched 536 Aerobee s with a 94% success rate. The Aerobee 's reliability made it the workhorse vehicle for high-altitude studies. Commenting ...

... was inert, the main objectives being to demonstrate compatibility of Aerobee 350 with Aerobee launch-tower rail system and evaluate performance of Aerobee 350 during first-stage ''( Nike )'' boost. Preliminary evaluation of test indicated NASA Goddard Space Flight Center could proceed with plans to launch complete live Aerobee 350 without redesign of the rocket or the launcher rail system. ''(NASA Rpt. um)'' Developmental ...

... Operations Div. ''(Marshall Star, 9/29/65, 1)'' Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC was pushing Aerobee 350 sounding rocket toward operational status to get second- and third-generation upper altitude data ... .5, showing the most significant advantage; for lighter payloads, the factor approaches 2.0, "The Aerobee 350 launched from Wallops Island will carry a payload of 150 lbs. to 290 mi ...

... , carrying 95.7-kg (211-lb) instrumented payload. Primary objectives were to flight-test first Aerobee 170 production vehicle, flight-test new water recovery system and conduct water recovery operation like ... March 7, and flight-qualify new telemetry instrumentation. Rocket and instruments functioned satisfactorily; payload and Aerobee sustainer were recovered. ''(WS Release 70-2)'' Apollo 12 Astronauts Charles Conrad , Jr., Richard F ...

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