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... data indicated that the rocket and all experiments had performed satisfactorily. ''(NASA Rpt SRL)'' NASA Nike-Apache sounding rocket launched from Wallops Station carried Univ. of Illinois-GCA Corp. experiment to ... the Atlantic by helicopter. Subsequent examination by Wallops scientists indicated rat was in excellent condition. Nike-Apache launches were conducted for GCA Corp., under contract to Goddard Space Flight Center GSFC ...

... in upper atmosphere. Eight payloads consisted of four Nike-Apache pitot density probes, two Nike-Cajun grenade payloads, one Nike-Cajun pitot atomic oxygen, and one Nike- Cajun ozone experiment. All launches were successful except one; first Nike-Apache failed when rocket motor apparently ...

... tour Of NASA and NASA-contractor facilities. ''(NASA Release 63-135)'' U.S. Army announced Nike-Zeus antimissile missile successfully in­tercepted re-entry target vehicle launched by Atlas ICBM in recent test. Nike-Zeus was fired from Kwajalein Island in the Pacific, Atlas from Vandenberg AFB , Calif. ''(DOD ...

... apogee. Good data were received throughout the flight, but experiment was only partially successful because Nike-Apache reached only 56.1-mi. altitude. ''(NASA Rpt. SRL)'' USAF launched Titan II rocket ... /16/64, 4)'' January 15-16: Series of four sodium-vapor experiments was launched on Nike-Apache sounding rockets from NASA Wallops Station in sunset-to­-sunrise comparative measurements of winds ...

... to study auroral activity as it developed and dissipated for comparison with data from similar Nike-Apache launch. Flight was unsuccessful because of undetermined failure related to pitch/roll couple. Radar ... 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 ...

... launched series of three sounding rockets from NASA Wallops Station to conduct acoustic grenade experiments. Nike-Cajun carried GSFC experiment to 72.6-mi ''(122.7-km)'' altitude to obtain verti ... was correlated with similar grenade experiments launched from Churchill Research Range and Point Barrow, Alaska. Nike-Apache carried GSFC payload to 124.3-mi ''(200-km)'' altitude to define D-region electron-density profile in conjunction with measure­ments by Nike-Apache launched later. Good data were obtained, but radar failed to track vehicle. Second ...

... coordinated studies of the atmosphere from Wallops Island, Va .: Ft. Churchill , Canada; and Kronogard , Sweden. Nike-Cajun launched from Ft. Churchill reached 77.5-mi. altitude with 12 grenades ejecting and ... . Experiment was cooperative effort of USAF Cambridge Research Laboratories and Meteorological Institute of Stockholm Univ. Nike-Cajun launched from Kronogard, with grenade payload functioned properly, but no usable data were obtained ...

... Research Laboratories and Stockholm Univ.'s Meteorological Institute cooperated in the experiment. Twenty minutes later, Nike-Cajun was launched with grenade payload to 80-mi. altitude, providing good data on atmospheric ... Institute cooperated with NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in this experiment ''(NASA Rpt. SRL)'' NASA Nike-Cajun sounding rockets launched within 10 min. of each other to provide data on evening ...

... of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, had decided to postpone the production order for the Nike-X missile defense system, Neal Stanford of the Christian Science Monitor asserted. $2 billion had already been spent on the R&D phase of the Nike-X and an additional $20 billion would be required to produce and deploy it. The ... provided approximately $400 million for continued research and development on the Nike-X system pending the decision on whether to put Nike-X into production. ''(Stanford, CSM, 1/28/65)'' Army XV ...

... would experience penetration by a meteoroid about once a week. ''(NASA Release 65-351)'' NASA Nike-Apache sounding rocket launched from Ft. Churchill, Canada, with Univ. of Michigan pitot-static probe ... obtained. NASA would provide the equipment and facilities for construction of the payloads and a Nike-Apache launcher on loan. No exchange of funds between CNIE and NASA was contemplated. ''(NASA ...

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