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... booster. ''(UPI, Wash. Post, 10/30/63; Pres. Rpt. on Space, 1963, 1/27/64)'' Atlas missile was launched from Cape Canaveral in test of new slim­ silhouette warhead intended to present less image on enemy radar screens. Atlas went out of control 21/2 min. after launch and fell into the Atlantic far short of its intended goal. This was the sixth successive failure of Atlas missiles, the previous five at Van­denberg AFB , Calif. ''(AP, Wash. Eve. Star, 10/29 ...

... provide useful savings." ''(NYT, 12/18/63, 40)'' USAF launched three Atlases from Vandenberg AFB : Atlas D fired down the Pacific Missile Range in Abres (advanced ballistic re­entry system) test ; Atlas-Agena D booster rocket combination launched an unidentified satellite; and Atlas F fired down the pacific Missile Range PMR with mock ...

... of Discovery in which there is no foreseeable horizon. . . ." ''(Text; CR, 4/6/64, 6686)'' Atlas ICBM launched by USAF from Cape Kennedy sent new deceptive war-head 5,000 mi ... were fired from a 7-ft. pod attached to the Atlas. The small rockets carried radiometers to measure radiation in the Atlas engine exhaust. Another attached pod contained scientific experiments to study ...

... ground operations and data analysis. ''(NASA Release 64-115)'' Tenth anniversary of directive to accelerate Atlas ICBM development program. Ten years ago General Thomas D. White, then USAF Vice Chief of Staff, directed that Atlas ICBM program proceed with highest USAF priority. ''(AFSC Releases)'' Explosion and fire destroyed ...

... of maximum solar activity, was successfully launched at 8:06 am EST from ETR by Atlas ''(SLV-3A)'' -Agena D booster, being used for first time. Spacecraft en­tered highly elliptical ... launch vehicle, and last to be launched from Complex 13. Agena would be replaced by Atlas-Centaur, and Complex 13 would revert to USAF. Scientific instrumentation for Ogo V's 24 ... in space. OGO program was managed by GSFC under OSSA direction. LeRC was responsible for Atlas-Agena launch vehicle, and KSC for launch opera­tions. ''(NASA Proj Off; NASA Releases 68 ...

... for record vote ''(see June 24)''. ''(CR, 6/22/64, 14069-78)'' NASA announced initiating Atlas flox program, involving addition of about 30% fluorine to the rocket's oxidizer to obtain ... $8 million. Second phase, not yet funded, would conclude with R&D launch of flox Atlas with dummy upper stage in 1966. NASA Lewis Research Center would negotiate contracts with GD/A for work on the Atlas and with Rocketdyne Div. of NAA for work on the engines. ''(NASA Release 64-150 ...

... /64, 8)'' Maj. Gen. Ben I. Funk, AFSSD, said perfect record of reliability of the Atlas (LV-3) during 14 consecutive flights in FY 1964 had resulted in savings of $81 million. Three additional flights, made since that period, had given the Atlas 100% reliability record for 17 straight firings; five of these were for NASA. General Funk ... statement in letter to J. R. Dempsey, President of General Dynamics/Astronautics , prime contractor for Atlas. ''(Av. Wk., 8/3/64, 19; Missile/Space Daily, 7/27/64)'' First stage of ...

... Titan II (for GT-2 Gemini launch), Atlas-Agena (for Mars probe launch), Thor-Delta (for Imp launch), Atlas-Centaur (launch vehicle development launch), and Atlas for USAF re-entry test. ''(UPI, NYT ...

Two seconds after lift-off, NASA's Atlas-Centaur 5, carrying a dummy Surveyor spacecraft, exploded and burned on Launch Pad 36-B at Cape Kennedy . Failure occurred when two of the three Atlas engines shut off simultaneously due to closing of a fuel-line valve. The 1S0-ton ... were reported. Damage to the launching pad was estimated at $5 million. Objectives of the Atlas-Centaur test had been to test the ability of its guidance system and hydrogen-powered ...

... an attitude control system failure no experimental results were obtained. ''(NASA Rpt. SRL)'' USAF launched Atlas-Agena D booster with unidentified satellite payloads from Western Test Range . ''(U.S. Aeron. & Space ... would take three to four months to repair, NASA reported. To avoid delay in the Atlas-Centaur launching scheduled for mid-summer, NASA was speeding completion of a new launching pad ...

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