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... -60)'' NASA successfully launched three artificial cloud experiments from NASA Wallops Station . In first experiment Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket ejected multicolored barium vapor clouds over eastern US. at altitudes of 142 and ... . Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. ''(NASA Rpt SRL; Tech Wk, 4/10/67,15)'' NASA Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket launched from NASA Wallops Station carried instrumented payload to 149.5-mi (237 ...

... /6/70, 1323)'' March 6-8: NASA launched barrage of 31 sounding rockets-Arcas, Nike-Apache , Nike-Cajun , Nike-Tomahawk , Nike-Iroquois, Aerobee 150 , Aerobee 170 , and Javelin -from Wallops Station to collect data on ... on a Nike-Cajun , failed to return any scientific data. Three other experiments-solar flare spectrum on an Aerobee 170 , airglow experiment on a Nike-Tomahawk , and Pitot probe on a Nike-Apache -were ...

February 13-14: NASA successfully launched one Nike-Tomahawk and six Nike-Apache sounding rockets carrying chemical cloud experiments from NASA Wallops Station between 6:11 pm ... (80.5- and 299.3-km) altitudes to measure wind velocities and directions. Nike-Tomahawk launched at dusk and Nike-Apache launched at dawn carried sodium experiments which created reddish-orange trails. Other ...

... ordered. ''(INTELSAT Release 69-53)'' NASA launched series of three sounding rockets from Wallops Station . Nike-Tomahawk carried Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC payload to 141.1-mi (227.0-km) altitude ... flight environment for first time. Rocket and instruments functioned satisfactorily and complete data were obtained. Nike-Tomahawk carried Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC and Univ. of Michigan payload to 197.6-mi ...

... from Churchill Research Range . Two Nike-Cajun s carried Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC grenade experiments. Nike-Apache carried Univ. of Michigan experiment to study atmospheric structure. Nike-Tomahawk carried Univ. of Maryland payload ... experiment that created reddish-orange cloud visible for hundreds of miles along East Coast. Nike-Cajun and four Nike-Apache s carried trimethylaluminum (TMA) payloads that formed pale white clouds. Data were ...

... News, 1/8/65, 2)'' Series of six Sandia Corp. Nike-Tomahawk sounding rockets was launched from May to August. The six Nike-Tomahawk s, Which reached altitudes of about 300 km. ''(186 mi ...

... a scientific payload for the Univ. of Michigan from Wallops Station using a two-stage Nike-Tomahawk . The 122-lb. payload, consisting primarily of a. thermosphere probe in the form of a ... mi. altitude and to test a solar aspect sensor. This was the first firing of Nike-Tomahawk configuration from Wallops Island. ''(NASA Rpt. SRL; Wallops Release 65-16)'' President Lyndon B. Johnson ...

... two sounding rockets. Nike-Tomahawk was launched from Poker Flat Rocket Range, Fairbanks, Alaska, carrying Goddard Space Flight Center fields and neutral winds experiment. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily. Nike-Tomahawk was launched from ...

NASA Nike-Tomahawk sounding rocket was launched from Churchill Research Range carrying GSFC experiment to study auroral activity as it developed and dissipated for comparison with data from similar Nike-Apache launch. Flight ... Kennedy Space Center KSC . ''(DOD Release 183-68)'' February 21-22: NASA successfully launched six Nike-Apache sounding rockets carrying chemical cloud experiments from NASA Wallops Station between 6:17 pm ...

... provide rocket payloads, supplementary cameras, and photometric equipment. NASA would furnish one Javelin and one Nike-Tomahawk rocket, launching range, support facilities, and equipment for optical observations. ''(NASA Release 66-121)'' Former ... required “to prevent the Soviets from forging ahead as the unchallenged leader in space.” ''(Text)'' Nike X system had been improved so that it could not only destroy hostile satellites but ...

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