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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Launch of Mercury-Atlas
Title
Launch of Mercury-Atlas
Title
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Full Description:
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In this Project Mercury test, a spacecraft booster by a modified Atlas was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury capsule reached a peak altitude of 107 statute miles and landed 1.425 miles down range. Atlas was designed to launch payloads into low Earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. NASA first launched Atlas as a space launch vehicle in 1958. Project SCORE, the first communications satellite that transmitted President Eisenhower's pre-recorded Christmas speech around the world, was launched on an Atlas. For all three robotic lunar exploration programs, Atlas was used. Atlas/ Centaur vehicles launched both Mariner and Pioneer planetary probes. The current operational Atlas II family has a 100% mission success rating. For more information about Atlas, please see Chapter 2 in Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins' book To Reach the High Frontier published by The University Press of Kentucky in 2002 (in which Dennis Jenkins notes on page 98 that "as a space launch vehicle there is no question that Atlas has made a mark for itself, and a great deal of money for its manufacturers").
Full_Description
In this Project Mercury test, a spacecraft booster by a modified Atlas was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Mercury capsule reached a peak altitude of 107 statute miles and landed 1.425 miles down range. Atlas was designed to launch payloads into low Earth orbit, geosynchronous transfer orbit or geosynchronous orbit. NASA first launched Atlas as a space launch vehicle in 1958. Project SCORE, the first communications satellite that transmitted President Eisenhower's pre-recorded Christmas speech around the world, was launched on an Atlas. For all three robotic lunar exploration programs, Atlas was used. Atlas/ Centaur vehicles launched both Mariner and Pioneer planetary probes. The current operational Atlas II family has a 100% mission success rating. For more information about Atlas, please see Chapter 2 in Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins' book To Reach the High Frontier published by The University Press of Kentucky in 2002 (in which Dennis Jenkins notes on page 98 that "as a space launch vehicle there is no question that Atlas has made a mark for itself, and a great deal of money for its manufacturers").
Full Description
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Date:
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02/21/1961
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NASA Center:
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Kennedy Space Center
NASA_Center
Kennedy Space Center
NASA Center
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Subject Category:
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Rocket Launches
Subject_Category
Rocket Launches
Subject Category
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Subject Category:
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Atlas
Subject_Category
Atlas
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Mercury
Keywords
Mercury
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Atlas
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Keywords:
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Eisenhower
Keywords
Eisenhower
Keywords
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Keywords:
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launch
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Keywords:
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vehicle
Keywords
vehicle
Keywords
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Keywords:
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SCORE
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Keywords:
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communications,
Keywords
communications,
Keywords
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Keywords:
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6- MA2-5
Keywords
6- MA2-5
Keywords
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Audience:
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General Public
Audience
General Public
Audience
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facet_what:
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Earth
facet_what
Earth
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mercury
facet_what
Mercury
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Centaur
facet_what
Centaur
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Atlas
facet_what
Atlas
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mariner
facet_what
Mariner
facet_what
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facet_what:
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SCORE
facet_what
SCORE
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mercury Atlas
facet_what
Mercury Atlas
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Mercury
facet_where
Mercury
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Florida
facet_where
Florida
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Kentucky
facet_where
Kentucky
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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1958
facet_when
1958
facet_when
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facet_when:
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2002
facet_when
2002
facet_when
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facet_when:
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02-21-1961
facet_when
02-21-1961
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1961
facet_when_year
1961
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1958
facet_when_year
1958
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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2002
facet_when_year
2002
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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Atlas
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original_url:
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original_url
original_url
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UID:
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 036
UID
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 036
UID
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Center:
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KSC
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Center Number:
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Atlas
Center_Number
Atlas
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2003-00036
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2003-00036
GRIN DataBase Number
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Creator-Photographer:
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NASA
Creator-Photographer
NASA
Creator-Photographer
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Original Source:
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Kennedy Space Center
Original_Source
Kennedy Space Center
Original Source
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