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Image:AtlasCentaur2.jpg 200px Atlas Centaur 2 launch vehicle Category:Launch Vehicle

... and recommend corrective action. Although the primary objective of demonstrating the capability of the Titan-Centaur launch vehicle was not accomplished, some objectives were fulfilled: demonstration of the capability of the launch facility to support a Titan-Centaur launch, structural integrity of the vehicle, Centaur guidance and control of the Titan, Titan-Centaur separation, and Centaur standard shroud capability. The Viking Dynamic Simulator ...

... with 50001b thrust as early as 1953, received technical management of Centaur in 1962. The first successful flight of an Atlas Centaur in Nov. 1963 included the world's, first inflight ignition ... NASA on integrating the Titan booster with an improved Centaur, and on modifications needed to the Titan launch facility at ETR. Atlas Centaur missions had included earth-orbiting spacecraft such as the ...

... that and after 51-A, I was assigned to be the Astronaut Project Officer for Centaur. Centaur was an upper-stage, second-stage, upper-stage rocket that’s very thin-skinned. It ... , because you need the performance to get the Shuttle Centaur up because it was so heavy. The whole integration of the Shuttle Centaur had its problems, which were being managed out of the Lewis Research Center. Lewis had been the program managers for Centaur, Atlas Centaur, and so they knew the systems. But in retrospect, the whole concept of taking ...

... maneuvering and the launch vehicle and all that. But we were having trouble with the Centaur, Atlas-Centaur rocket at the time, too, and Langley figured they could do that mission on ... those guys tremendous credit for even imagining they could do it. '''Dinkel:''' Yes, sir. Well, Centaur turned out to be pretty successful. '''Cortright:''' It's still in use. '''Dinkel:''' The RL-10 engine is the workhorse. '''Cortright:''' Centaur's still a workhorse. That was a good decision. By the way, that rocket blew ...

... ." NASA and USAF had concluded basic management agreements for operation of Titan IIIC and Titan-Centaur systems. USAF would act as Titan IIIC launch vehicle systems manager, responsible to NASA mission direction. NASA would be Titan-Centaur launch vehicle systems manager but would use selected elements of existing USAF contractor organizations. Titan ...

... demonstrate that the launch vehicle and launch facilities could support operational missions and that the Centaur could perform an operational two-burn mission and an operational, three-burn mission carrying a ... when NASA recognized the need to fill a performance and cost gap between the Atlas-Centaur and Saturn launch vehicles. ''(KSC Release 215-73)'' NASA'S hydrogen injection program-to decrease ...

... for outstanding leadership in development and operation of the Centaur high-energy rocket stage, and the Atlas-Centaur and Titan-Centaur launch vehicles. The Atlas-Centaur launched all NASA's Surveyor spacecraft in the 1960s and many others such as OAOs, the recent INTELSAT s, Mariners, and Pioneers. The Titan-Centaur ...

... (D.-Calif.), Chairman of House Committee on Science and Astronautics, reviewed Centaur development in speech on the House floor : ". . . Centaur began as a low-priority, financially austere feasibility study, in competition with ... the program was greatly underestimated . . . ." Referring to press articles charging $100 million was wasted in Centaur program, based on GAO investigative report, Rep. Miller pointed out : "That report was misinterpreted by ...

... withstood flight-loads and jettisoned properly; structural integrity of Atlas and Centaur stages during all phases of flight were verified; Atlas-Centaur separation operated satisfactorily; operation of the guidance system was demonstrated; and capability of Atlas-Centaur to be launched at scheduled time was demonstrated ...

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