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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
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Title:
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First Titan-Centaur Launch Test
Title
First Titan-Centaur Launch Test
Title
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Full Description:
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The first Titan/Centaur lifted off from Complex 41 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station at 9:48 AM EDT. The Titan stages burned as programmed, but when the Centaur stage failed to ignite, the Range Safety Officer destroyed it. The new NASA rocket was launched on a proof of concept flight designed to prepare it for twin Viking launches to Mars in 1975 and other missions involving heavy payloads. The 160-foot-tall rocket combines the Air Force Titan III with the NASA high-energy Centaur final stage. The twin solid rocket boosters have a combined liftoff thrust of 2.4 million pounds. Aboard Titan/ Centaur on its proof of concept flight were a dynamic simulator of the Viking spacecraft and a small scientific satellite (SPHINX) designed to determine how high voltage solar cells, insulators, and conductors are affected by the charges particles in space. KSC's Unmanned Launch Operations Directorate conducted the launch. For more information about Titan and Centaur, please see Chapters 4 and 8, respectively, in Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins' book To Reach the High Frontier published by The University Press of Kentucky in 2002.
Full_Description
The first Titan/Centaur lifted off from Complex 41 at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station at 9:48 AM EDT. The Titan stages burned as programmed, but when the Centaur stage failed to ignite, the Range Safety Officer destroyed it. The new NASA rocket was launched on a proof of concept flight designed to prepare it for twin Viking launches to Mars in 1975 and other missions involving heavy payloads. The 160-foot-tall rocket combines the Air Force Titan III with the NASA high-energy Centaur final stage. The twin solid rocket boosters have a combined liftoff thrust of 2.4 million pounds. Aboard Titan/ Centaur on its proof of concept flight were a dynamic simulator of the Viking spacecraft and a small scientific satellite (SPHINX) designed to determine how high voltage solar cells, insulators, and conductors are affected by the charges particles in space. KSC's Unmanned Launch Operations Directorate conducted the launch. For more information about Titan and Centaur, please see Chapters 4 and 8, respectively, in Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins' book To Reach the High Frontier published by The University Press of Kentucky in 2002.
Full Description
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Date:
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02/11/1974
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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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Centaur
Subject_Category
Centaur
Subject Category
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Subject Category:
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Titan
Subject_Category
Titan
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Launch
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Keywords:
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Centaur
Keywords
Centaur
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Viking
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Keywords:
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Titan
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Keywords:
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SPHINX
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Keywords:
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vehicle,
Keywords
vehicle,
Keywords
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Keywords:
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74-H-92,
Keywords
74-H-92,
Keywords
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Keywords:
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74-HC-62
Keywords
74-HC-62
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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Titan
facet_what
Titan
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Mars
facet_what
Mars
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Viking
facet_what
Viking
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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Sphinx
facet_what
Sphinx
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Centaur Rocket
facet_what
Centaur Rocket
facet_what
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facet_where:
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Mars
facet_where
Mars
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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1975
facet_when
1975
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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02-11-1974
facet_when
02-11-1974
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1975
facet_when_year
1975
facet_when_year
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facet_when_year:
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1974
facet_when_year
1974
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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FirstTitan-Centaur
Image_#
FirstTitan-Centaur
Image #
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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-2003-00 040
UID
SPD-GRIN-GPN-2003-00 040
UID
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Center:
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KSC
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Center Number:
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FirstTitan-Centaur
Center_Number
FirstTitan-Centaur
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2003-00040
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2003-00040
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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NASA
Original_Source
NASA
Original Source
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