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... = Nationality data8 = United States of America label9 = Notable Works data9 = ''Atlas: The Ultimate Weapon'' Chuck Walker was a participant in the Atlas program starting in 1953 with the prime contractor, Convair-Astronautics . Mr. Walker began his career with Convair as a test engineer for Atlas, later moving to the Test Planning Group and then became manager of Program Control for ... . Walker came to know personally many of the people who were responsible for running the Atlas program. It was these people that Mr. Walker approached to tell the story of the ...

... when you were in the Project Engineering Branch, you said you worked in the Mercury Atlas area and some of your duties there involved analysis on the missions and writing project ... —I guess some of the challenges in that position? Here you were dealing with the Atlas, which was a new vehicle and had some of its own problems and getting ready ... the ballistic trajectory work in unitary with what was, quote, going to be the Mercury Atlas configuration, and everybody always thought you had a real pointed type of situation. Gee, that ...

... Use of USAF-developed Agena launch vehicles, replacing Feb. 1961 agreement under which NASA used Atlas-Agena and Thor-Agena vehicles for Ranger, Mariner, and Alouette projects. Signed by NASA Asso ... and administrative control of 11 remaining NASA Agena B stages transferred from USAF to NASA. Atlas-Agena vehicles for Project Gemini were covered by separate NASA-USAF agreement. ''(NASA Release 63 ...

NASA boilerplate model of Mercury capsule successfully launched on an Atlas missile Atlas (Big Joe) missile from Atlantic Missile Range AMR and recovered in South Atlantic after surviving ... heat of more than 10,000° P. First launch of operational AF Atlas missile Atlas ICBM from Vandenberg AFB was successful, and second Atlas missile Atlas ICBM fired from Cape Canaveral the same day.

... with an improved Centaur, and on modifications needed to the Titan launch facility at ETR. Atlas Centaur missions had included earth-orbiting spacecraft such as the applications technology satellite, orbiting astronomical observatories, Comstar, high-energy astronomical observatories, and FltSatCom. Atlas Centaur , used for future missions with HEAO and FltSatCom spacecraft, would remain one of NASA ...

... MSL spacecraft acquisition and communication throughout the mission. ''MEDIA ADVISORY: M11-232 NASA SETS MSL/ATLAS V LAUNCH COVERAGE EVENTS'' CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) spacecraft with ... . Question-and-answer capability for all briefings will be available from other NASA field centers. Atlas V Launch Vehicle Rollout Wednesday, Nov. 23: There will be a media opportunity to observe ...

... - Italy to provide Logistics Modules for Space Station - TDRS Satellite is Operational - Another Zenit Failure - Atlas II Launches Eutelsat 2 - Eureca Arrives in the US. 6 - VOYAGER SPACECRAFT STILL GOING STRONG ... Resigns - Britain to Study New Space Initiatives Says Major - Japanese Earth Resources Satellite Launched - Military Atlas II Makes its Debut - Magellan Resumes Venus Mapping Following Transmitter Failure. 74 - SATELLITE DIGEST The ...

... Rollout Tuesday, Aug. 21: There will be a media opportunity to observe rollout of the Atlas V rocket from the Vertical Integration Facility to the launch pad. Media should be at ... Tuesday, Aug. 21: Photographers who wish to set up remote sound-activated cameras at the Atlas V launch pad will transported to Space Launch Complex 41. Media should meet in the ... at Kennedy is responsible for launch management. United Launch Alliance is the provider of the Atlas V launch service. -end- ''RELEASE: 12-268 NASA SELECTS SPACE BIOLOGY RESEARCH PROPOSALS'' WASHINGTON -- NASA ...

... :''' I worked at General Dynamics as an aerospace engineer. We were working primarily on the Atlas vehicle, and then, of course, the Centaur came along. My first real experience with NASA ... to put a vehicle in space. Of course, if you know what the Atlas looks like, the Atlas was what they called a balloon structure. It had very thin skins and you ... NASA came in to review our design. Of course, they finally wound up using the Atlas for the first launch vehicle for the first spacecraft. So that was my first experience ...

... to Cape Canaveral with the first Mercury capsule that we built. Interesting story. Once the Atlas flies and you release the capsule, it reenters the atmosphere and we gather aerodynamic stability ... the Marman clamp that holds the capsule to the adapter on the front of the Atlas fired, but the capsule didn’t separate, because there was still residual burning on the ... their control fuel. When it finally got back into the atmosphere, it separated from the Atlas, and it went through its oscillation gyrations all the way down. We got a hell ...

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