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... ? '''Beckett:''' Yes. '''Ross-Nazzal:''' And began working on the Nike Hercules missile? '''Beckett:''' Well, I had very little to do with Nike Hercules. Really, again, I was in a support function. What ... equipment in these large, huge Quonset-type huts. So that was my job. And on Nike Hercules, most of that testing was done before I came back. I came back in ... and it blows it up or it cuts off the power anyway. Well, with the Nike Hercules, they had problems in their wings. They had primer cords that would go out ...

... ; Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL would retain Ranger-project management. ''(NASA Release 63-50)'' Three-stage Nike rocket launched from Eglin AFB , Fla., fourth in series of ten high-altitude probes to ... Feb. 25, after 22 months of silence. ''(DOD Release 321-63)'' U.S. Army announced Nike-Ajax missile accidentally ig­nited near Baumholder, Germany, and was propelled about 65 ft. before ...

... possibly even Minute­ man missiles. Senator Thurmond spoke in favor of speeding up U.S. Nike-Zeus antimissile missile development, but Senate roll call vote (58-to-16) cut a proposed $196 million authorization for Nike-Zeus from the military spending authorization bill for FY 1964. Senate Armed Services Committee had added the Nike-­Zeus funds to the Administration's proposed bill. ''(Wash. Eve. Star, 4/13/63)'' Dr ...

... one employing a maneuverable command post in space." ''(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 4/24/63)'' Nike-Zeus antimissile missile successfully performed "strenuous maneuvers" in flight test at White Sands Missile Range ... underground pit and guided by ground-based radar equipment. Information gained during Nike-Zeus development would be used in Nike X antimissile missile system, advanced version of Zeus. ''(DOD Release 579-63 ...

... launch, a related experiment was launched from Wallops Island using Nike-Cajun sounding rocket. Three mylar balloons were ejected from Nike-Cajun and tracked by radar, to provide air density data to ... . would provide instrumentation for test. ''(DOD Release 1088-63)'' Sweden successfully launched U.S. Army Nike-Cajun rocket from Kronogard rocket range in test to explore "bright night clouds." ''(M&R ...

... peak altitude down to 25 mi. At apogee, parachute was de­ployed and instrumentation exposed. Nike-Apache sounding rocket, launched 62 min. later, carried U.S. experiments in 100-lb. payload ... facility at Hunts­ville, Ala. ''(DOD Release 1569-63)'' Final test-firing of Army's Nike-Zeus antimissile missile at White Sands Missile Range was announced by DOD. The successful fir ... was test of propulsion and guidance components of the missile. Army would continue to fire Nike-Zeus at Kwajalein Island in the Pacific ''(DOD Release 1566-63)'' December 1963 December Dec ...

... the more advanced space missions of the future. . . ." ''(Testimony; CR, 2/5/64, A548-50)'' Nike-Cajun sounding rockets with grenade experiments were launched at Wallops Island, Va ., and Ft. Churchill ... launched from Wallops reached 73.8-mi. altitude, with all 12 of its grenades exploding; Nike-Cajun from Ft. Churchill reached 78-mi. altitude, with 11 grenades functioning normally and the ...

... payloads to investigate winds, temperature, density, and pressure in the upper atmosphere. The first, a Nike-Cajun was launched from Wallops; it sent payload to about 57-mi. altitude, where aluminum ... experiments were an extension of series conducted from Jan. 23 to Mar. 6 involving 13 Nike-Cajun flights which "yielded excellent data on the characteristics in the upper atmosphere during winter ...

... , NYT, 6/5/68, 7; SBD, 6/5/68, 172; GSFC SSR, 6/15/68)'' Nike-Apache sounding rocket launched by NASA from WSMR carried 145-lb GSFC payload to 80.8-mi ''(130-km)'' altitude to evaluate parachute recovery system for Nike-Apache and Nike-Cajun launch vehicles. Rocket and instrumentation performed satisfactorily; excellent data were obtained from all ...

... contained in a rocket. ''(NASA Rpt. Sm..; NYT, 11/17/64, 72)'' NASA launched a Nike-Cajun sounding rocket from Wallops Island to an altitude of 76.8, with grenade payload ... rocket program of investigations of the ionosphere. Tentative schedule of new series called for two Nike-Apache launches this year and two more early next year from Norway's Andoeya Range and two Nike-Apache launches from U.S. facilities. Scandinavian groups would purchase the four sounding rockets to ...

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