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    The Aerobee rocket was one of the United States' most produced and productive sounding rockets. Developed by the Aerojet Corporation, the Aerobee was...
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    into the Aerobee, a much more powerful sounding rocket. Exploration of space began in earnest in 1947 with the flight of the first Aerobee, 46 of which...
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  • Aerojet (section Aerobee)
    to much larger engines and then to the development of the Aerobee sounding rocket. Aerobee was the first U.S.-designed rocket to reach space (albeit not...
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    payload to 200,000 feet (61.0 km). The X-8 was a version of the prolific Aerobee rocket family. Towards the end of World War II, the US Army and the California...
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    Vanguard   Aerobee RTV-N-10   Aerobee RTV-N-10c   Aerobee Hi (NRL)   Aerobee RTV-A-1a   Aerobee Hi (USAF)   Aerobee AJ10-34   Aerobee (Unknown)   Loki rockoon...
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    The Aerobee family of rockets expanded considerably this year, both in variety and capability. Most significant was the introduction of the Aerobee-Hi...
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    for the Aerobee sounding rocket and headed the committee that convinced the U.S. government to produce it. The first instrument-carrying Aerobee was the...
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    Viking Aerobee Rockoon Nike/ Deacon X-17 Honest John Jupiter-C R-1 R-2 R-5   Viking (second model)   Aerobee RTV-N-10   Aerobee RTV-N-10c   Aerobee Hi (NRL)...
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    the 16 June 1964, Aerobee sounding rocket flight, it was considered as a possible source. Cas A was scanned during another Aerobee rocket flight of 1 October...
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  • (Aerobee Hawk) Aerobee 100 (Aerobee Junior) Aerobee 150 (Aerobee-Hi, PWN-2), Aerobee 150 MI, Aerobee 150 MII Aerobee 150 MII 20 Aerobee 150A, Aerobee 150A MII...
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    Viking Aerobee R-1 R-2   V-2 (American)   Viking (first model)   Aerobee RTV-N-10   Aerobee XASR-SC-1   Aerobee RTV-A-1   Aerobee RTV-A-1b   Aerobee RTV-A-1a...
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  • introduced to James Van Allen. The two decided to work together on the Aerobee project. James Van Allen, then supervisor of the High Altitude Research...
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  • the original on March 12, 2023. Retrieved March 12, 2023. "Photo-Mosaic, Aerobee | National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. Archived from the...
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    Japanese company that is developing the experimental MOMO sounding rocket. Aerobee Astrobee Black Brant (rocket) Boosted Dart Delft Aerospace Rocket Engineering...
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  • proof of principle program to validate the sea-launch concept. A surplus Aerobee rocket was modified so that it could be fired underwater. The rocket worked...
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    States Naval Research Laboratory's Aerobee 150 rocket identified Virgo X-1, the first X-ray source in Virgo. The Aerobee rocket launched from White Sands...
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    1948. Holloman Aerobee (32°53′43″N 106°04′17″W / 32.89528°N 106.07139°W / 32.89528; -106.07139 (Holloman Aerobee)) Launches of Aerobee sounding rockets...
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    blockhouse with two tiltable, 140-foot Aerobee launch towers. 24 November 1947 – Navy launched the first fully configured Aerobee sounding rocket, which carried...
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    defined by the World Air Sports Federation), including the Viking and Aerobee rockets, University of Iowa and Naval Research Laboratory ship-launched...
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    boundary of space (as defined by the World Air Sports Federation) using the Aerobee rocket. The University of Iowa launched its first series of rockoon flights...
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    approach to cancer treatment. Some early American rockets, such as the Aerobee and WAC Corporal, used a mixture of aniline and furfuryl alcohol as a fuel...
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    Navy's use of shipborne guided missiles. After launching equipment for Aerobee rockets was installed at Long Beach Naval Shipyard in February 1949, she...
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  • rockets was conceived as a lower-cost replacement of the liquid-propellant Aerobee. The three-stage Astrobee 500 (first stage: Genius, second stage: Alcor...
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  • launches used Aerobee-170 rockets, whilst the last two used Tomahawks. Five of the launches reached space, with the exception of the third Aerobee, which failed...
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    in 1979 it was observed from an imaging X-ray telescope launched on an Aerobee 350 from the White Sands Missile Range. In 1983, Vega became the first...
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    at the time of the second-longest solar eclipse in the 20th century, an Aerobee rocket was launched at Nouadhibou for solar research. Since February 2006...
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    on June 14, 1949. The United States had also flown monkeys and mice by Aerobee rocket to heights below the edge of space beginning in 1951. The squirrel...
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    successful launch of an Aerobee occurred on May 5, 1952 13:44 GMT from White Sands Proving Grounds launch complex LC35. It was an Aerobee RTV-N-10 configuration...
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    Lewis, Cmdr. G. Halvorson, S. F. Singer, and James A. Van Allen during the Aerobee rocket firing cruise of the U.S.S. Norton Sound on March 1, 1949. A serious...
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    and guidance test missile Aerojet General X-8 – Sounding rocket (became Aerobee) Bell X-9 Shrike – Guided missile North American X-10 – Unmanned missile...
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