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... eight days, had ceased to transmit useful information. ''(AP, Houston Post, 12/8/64)'' NASA Nike-Apache sounding rocket launched from Wallops Island, Va ., with Univ. of N.H. instrumented payload ... failure at 4.05 sec. Primary purpose of flight was to check out instrumentation for Nike-Apache sounding rocket experiments to be conducted on the International Quiet Sun year IQSY Mobile ...

... Robert S. McNamara told the House Armed Services Committee that deferral of the decision on Nike-X production from FY 1966 to FY 1967 "should not delay an initial operational capability ... . He added that the FY 1966 requests included $400 million for the continued development of Nike-X "on an urgent basis." Of this, $10 million had been programed for preliminary production ...

... first Pacific Ocean sounding rocket experiment from NASA's Mobile Range Facility, two two-stage Nike-Apache s were launched from USNS Croatan about one mile north of the equator at ... equator which could be responsible for intensifying equatorial magnetic field at about local noon, Second Nike-Apache , conducting an experiment for Univ. of Michigan, was launched about 2 hrs. later carrying ...

... 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 ... 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 ...

... liquid-fuel engines, each developing 4,100 lbs. thrust, Booster stage used a solid propellant Nike motor with 51,000 lbs, thrust. Booster and sustainer stages fired simultaneously, with the booster ... Release 65-37; NASA Rpt. SRL)'' An ionospheric sounding probe launched by NASA on a Nike-Apache vehicle from Wallops Station , Va, reached peak altitude of 116 mi. in an experiment ...

... /17/65, A10; Hicks, Life, 10/1/65, 113-116)'' September 16-20: Four NASA Nike-Apache sounding rockets with Univ. of California (Berkeley) experiments to measure fluxes and spectra of ... Apache motor did not ignite; so, although instrumentation functioned properly, no data were obtained. Second Nike-Apache reached 100-mi. altitude, all instruments functioned as planned, and good data were expected ...

... still in good health. ''(David, M&R, 9/27/65, 38)'' U.S. Army's Nike-X Project Office at Redstone Arsenal announced appointment of Dr. Oswald H. Lange as Chief ... Flight Center MSFC director for scientific and technical analysis, Richardson was formerly chief of the Nike-X Project's Test and Range Operations Div. ''(Marshall Star, 9/29/65, 1)'' Goddard ...

... be photographed against the stellar background. ''(AP, Wash, Eve, Star, 11/10/65, A6)'' NASA Nike-Apache sounding rocket with Univ. of Michigan pitot-static probe experiment to measure pressure, temperature ... mi, across the Pacific. ''(AP, NYT, 11/10/65, 6)'' USAF launched an Honest John-Nike Hydac high-altitude research rocket with 250-lb. payload from Eglin AFB, Fla. ''(Eglin AFB ...

... but to all mankind." ''(Pres, Doc, 12/20/65, 593)'' Brazil successfully launched the first Nike-Apache sounding rocket from its Natal Range in a joint program with NASA to investigate ... Brazilian technicians at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center . ''(Wallops Release 6580; NASA Release 65-328)'' Nike-Apache sounding rocket launched by NASA from Wallops Station , boosted 51-lb. payload with ionosphere ...

... :20 a.m. EST to gather meteorological data between 12- and 124-mi altitudes. Twelve Nike-Apaches launched from Churchill ejected vapor cloud experiments between 43- and 124-mi altitudes; drift of vapor trails was recorded photographically to obtain data on wind directions and speeds. Six Nike-Cajuns launched from Pt. Barrow carried acoustic grenades which were ejected and detonated at programed ...

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