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... Beggs criticized the Air Force and NOAA for plans to launch some satellites aboard surplus Titan II missiles rather than using the Space Shuttle , saying it would cost NASA $500 million, the ... years." The controversy had begun with an Air Force decision to refurbish and redevelop obsolete Titan II intercontinental ballistic missiles to launch up to 12 Air Force satellites that NASA had assumed ...

... with the Air Force on the Atlas Program and then doing the liaison with the Titan II on the Gemini Program. So a lot of the same people I worked with in ... were transitioning to their Denver Colorado operations at the time. But a lot of the Titans were built in Baltimore at the time. '''Butler:''' You mentioned that you were liaison with the Titan. Was this basically a continuation of your same responsibilities, or did those change? '''Cassetti:''' Yes ...

... Goddard Space Flight Center engineers directed radio signal sent from Lakehurst, N.J., to SYNCOM II communications satellite 22,000 mi. in space, signaling hydrogen peroxide jets onboard to fire and ... " Kraft told news conference that two engine problems were en­countered in the Titan II booster for Project Gemini . Titan II 's first stage generated chugging oscillation which could cause "the pilots to have ...

... delayed it when a Titan IVA exploded after launch, carrying a payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. NASA had postponed the QuikSCAT launch until engineers could determine whether Titan II used any of the hardware that had caused the explosion on the Titan IVA. Following the launch of a Titan IVB rocket that placed a Milstar ...

... /36)’’ The Feb. 28 deaths of Astronauts Elliot M. See , Jr., and Charles A. Bassett II received editorial comment. Washington Evening Star: “Yesterday’s tragedy is all the more shocking in ... as the best engineering talent in the nation can make them. A launch atop a Titan II , hazardous as it may be, cannot compare with the danger inherent in groping through low ... of distress or tragedy during manned flights. “For example, a launch vehicle such as the Titan III with its great weight-lifting capability and mission versatility could easily carry a rescue ...

... a reorientation of the program to include a second unmanned flight before the manned’. . . the Titan II . . . has had some developmental problems over and above what we had anticipated. However, the problems ... encountered in a developmental program. In our opinion it will be safer to use the Titan II for manned flights if we have two structural missions. We will have more time to ... , about 15-in. in diameter and 10-lb. in weight. ''(NYT, 5/1/63, 6)'' )'' Titan I ICBM exploded during attempted launching at Vandenberg AFB . USAF spokesman said no one was ...

... Titan II ICBM in 5,800-mi. flight down the At­lantic Missile Range , the missile carrying malfunction-detection system similar to the one to be incorporated in Titan II Gemini booster. The Titan II also ...

... /7/63)'' In OAR Research Review, Louis Block of AFCRL described instrumentation pods used on Titan II missile launched from Cape Canaveral on Aug. 21, 1963. Two 3-ft. by 1-ft ... to record the orientation of the pod as it fell through the flame. On the Titan II were mounted two radiom­eters and a spectrometer looking dawn the plume from outside the ... was to learn characteristics of infrared spectral plume of particular missiles, to learn more about Titan II performance in terms of fuel combustion mixture ratios and engine efficiency, and to gain data ...

... second stage of Titan II for GT-2 Gemini flight and stored it in hangar, lashed first stage of the Titan II to the pad. No damage was done to the Titan II or other lashed ...

... if an electrical plug had not dropped out of the tail and shut down the Titan II engines, NASA officials revealed at a press conference. The device apparently had been installed at ... . plant and was not removed due to "human error." The Martin Co. , makers of the Titan II booster for Gemini spacecraft , could lose a $15,000 bonus because of the launch failure ... " satellites into polar orbits to take detailed photos of military bases in Communist lands; testing Titan and Minute. man ICBMS over the Pacific; launching weather, mapping, navigation, and other scientific satellites ...

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