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... this day. (2MB PDF) NASA launched the first successful Atlas-Centaur space booster from Atlantic Missile Range AMR . The booster performed perfectly and the Cen­taur second stage ignited its liquid-hydrogen ... nine ion engines under simulated space conditions. ''(LRC Chronology)'' USAF launched a Thor-Agena D booster carrying an unidentified satellite, from Vandenberg AFB , Calif. Also launched that day was a Minuteman ...

... four-stage Blue Scout rocket failed to ignite after USAF launch from Cape Kennedy . The booster was to have sent a USAF scientific probe 23,000 mi. into space to study ... NASA Marshall Space Flight Center , Huntsville, Ala. This S-I was the last Saturn I booster built by MSFC; future stages were being built by Chrysler Corp ., and would be shipped to Huntsville for static firings. Since the first Saturn I booster firing March 28, 1960, MSFC had conducted more than 50 firings on eight flight S ...

... , manufacturing, transporting, checking out, and launching of small, medium, and large launch vehicles- "Existing space boosters have done a creditable job. Engine reliability has been exceptionally good; the clustering of relatively ... Student Awards to Richard C. Lessman and Lawrence S. Iwan. ''(AIAA Annual Mtg. Program; AIAA Booster, 7/2/64)'' At AIAA former American Airlines" vice president William Littlewood said problems of ...

... beyond Mercury spacecraft Mercury , he said, should be: The use of the Vega or Centaur boosters to put a manned satellite into an orbit with a 50,000-mile apogee, carrying ... and objectives, exploring the possibility of using the "end" vehicle configuration in intermediate flight steps, booster requirement analysis, and Mercury spacecraft Mercury stretch-out capabilities. Direct ascent versus assembly in earth ...

... )'' U.K.'s first attempt to launch satellite with own booster failed when pressurization system in three-stage Black Arrow booster malfunctioned. Booster was to have orbited 82-kg (180-lb) satellite to study upper atmosphere. Previous U.K. satellites had been orbited by NASA boosters. '' (Berger, B Sun ...

... -controlled systems were used to study aerodynamic forces during the separation of the expended solid boosters. During the test the Orbiter and external fuel-tank models were attached to the tunnel supports and a solid booster model was attached to the computer-controlled support. Measurements were recorded with a single booster model at various points below, beside, and behind ...

... single contract for assembly, checkout, launch operations, and refurbishment of the Space Shuttle solid-fueled booster, MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC announced. The firms were Boeing , McDonnell Douglas , and United Space ... renewal through Feb. 1982. The contractor would be responsible for assembling and checking out the booster (forward and aft skirts, Attach structures, nosecone, and various subsystems) with the solid-fueled motor ...

... high-altitude portion of a mission after separation of the boosters. The second test configuration would consist of solid-fuel rocket boosters filled with inert propellants, stacked in the stand along with ... test configuration would be the same as the second, except that boosters would be empty, simulating a mission just before booster separation. Tests would continue through most of the year stopping only ...

... , said completion of the tests meant that the solid-fuel booster motors would perform successfully in flight. After propellant burnout, the boosters would separate and plunge into the ocean for retrieval and reuse. Two of the solid-fuel boosters were already on the launcher at KENNEDY SPACE CENTER KSC awaiting integration with other components ...

... $274 million cost-plus-incentive-fee contract to manufacture, assemble, and refurbish solid-fuel rocket boosters for the Space Shuttle . The approximately five-year contract would require USBI to manufacture, assemble ... 's Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB), which was used to assemble the entire configuration of orbiter, boosters, and external tank. (NASA Release 84-118; MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER MSFC Release 84-75 ...

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