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... by Atlas-Agena D booster on four-month, 212-million-mi Venus flyby mission-NASA's only attempt to conduct a Venus flyby during the 1967 launch window. Agena stage separated from Atlas on ... , mission operations, and tracking and data acquisition were assigned to Jet Propulsion Laboratory JPL ; and Atlas-Agena launch vehicle was managed by Lewis Research Center . ''(NASA Proj Off; NASA Release 67-124 ...

A "catastrophic failure" had occurred some 10 min, after launch of the Atlas-Agena for the Oct. 25 Gemini VI mission, M/Gen. Ben I. Funk, commander of the ... showed a marked rise in pressure in both propellant tanks. Despite the inferred explosion of Agena , no fragments were recovered from the Atlantic Ocean where tracking radar screens had indicated the ... cancellation of the Gemini VI mission, an editorial in the New York Times said: "The Atlas-Agena rocket has performed so well on so many different missions in the past that its ...

... experi­ments in FY 1963, encompassing following areas of study: aurora, borealis; infrared spectrum of Agena engine plume; variations in earth's magnetic field; effect Of space environment On materials; impedance ... ; emissions from upper atmosphere; thermal elec­tricity; and space radiation. Spacecraft were launched with Atlas-Agena and Thor-Agena launch vehicles from Vandenberg AFB and USAF facilities at Pt. Arguello. ''(Space Bus. Daily ...

... as General Marshall's tours as Secretary of Defense and Secretary of State. ''(NASA Photo)'' Atlas engine using flox (30% fluorine, 70% liquid oxygen) oxidizer with its normal RP-1 kerosene ... propellants. ''(SBD, 2/26/64, 304)'' USAF planned 71 Atlas-Agena firings during 1964-66 period and NASA planned 26 Atlas-Agena and five Atlas launches, Aviation Week reported. Initial launch rate planned for Titan ...

... with Atlas-Agena B launch vehicle from Atlantic Missile Range AMR in lunar landing mission to photograph the moon's surface. The Atlas booster fired properly and, after stage sepa­ration, the Agena B stage ignited and attained orbital speed. After coast­ing in parking orbit of about 110-mi. altitude, the Agena B ...

... Atlas-Agena B vehicle boosting MARINER II Venus probe launched from Cape Canaveral at 2:53 AM EDT, the Atlas boosting its load to about 115 mi. and then the Agena B igniting to project it into parking orbit. About half an hour after launch the Agena B engines reignited ...

... (July 21, 1961). First U.S. manned orbital space flight was achieved with Mer­cury-Atlas MA-6 flight, Astronaut John H. Glenn in FRIENDSHIP 7 (Feb. 20, 1962). This three ... /63,10127)'' Atlas-Agena B launch vehicle exploded shortly after launch from Pt. Arguello, Calif . ''(AP, Wash. Post, 6/13/63; M&R, 6/24/63, 10)'' USAF launched Thor-Agena D space ... Space, 1963, 1/27/64; NYT, 6/12/63)'' USAF conducted routine training launching of Atlas D ICBM from Vandenberg AFB , Calif. ''(DOD Release 844-63)'' President's Award for Distinguished ...

... Satellites ATS -C) (Applications Technology Satellite) was successfully launched from Eastern Test Range ETR by Atlas-Agena D booster. Primary purpose of launch was to place spin-stabilized spacecraft into geostationary orbit ... 12 and last Applications Technology Satellites ATS to be launched with Atlas-Agena ; two remaining spacecraft in series would be launched with Atlas-Centaur . Applications Technology Satellites ATS program was managed by Goddard ...

... ,725,337.592 mi. away from earth at 4 AM EST, Tass reported. USAF advanced Atlas missile, Atlas F, was successfully test-fired more than 4,000 mi. down the Pacific Missile ... -USAF Project Snapshot would be made next year. Snap-10A would be launched with Atlas-Agena vehicle, the Agena stage to be orbited with the 950-lb. Snap-10A which would furnish auxiliary ...

... orbit from Cape Kennedy with an Atlas-Agena D launch vehicle, but space-craft communications failed when fairing did not jettison, preventing solar panel deployment. The Agena stage pushed the MARINER In into ... the earth and coasted to the proper position for injection into a Mars trajectory. The Agena again ignited 32 min. after launching and sent the spacecraft toward Mars. Tracking data indicated ...

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