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Collection:
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NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
NASA Great Images in Nasa Collection
Collection
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Title:
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Black Brant XII Launch
Title
Black Brant XII Launch
Title
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Full Description:
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The four-stage Black Brandt shown here blasting off from a launch pad at the Wallops Island Flight Facility in rural Virginia is at 66 feet (20 meters), the tallest of NASA's 13 sounding rockets. These rockets can carry scientific payloads of various weights up to 1,213 lbs. (550 kg) to altitudes from 30 miles (48 km) to more than 800 miles (1,287 km). Researchers like to use sounding rockets because they offer an inexpensive means for conducting space, microgravity and Earth science research and have proven to be invaluable test beds for new technologies. The Wallops facility conducts about 35 launches per year.
Full_Description
The four-stage Black Brandt shown here blasting off from a launch pad at the Wallops Island Flight Facility in rural Virginia is at 66 feet (20 meters), the tallest of NASA's 13 sounding rockets. These rockets can carry scientific payloads of various weights up to 1,213 lbs. (550 kg) to altitudes from 30 miles (48 km) to more than 800 miles (1,287 km). Researchers like to use sounding rockets because they offer an inexpensive means for conducting space, microgravity and Earth science research and have proven to be invaluable test beds for new technologies. The Wallops facility conducts about 35 launches per year.
Full Description
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Date:
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01/01/1988
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NASA Center:
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Goddard Space Flight Center
NASA_Center
Goddard Space Flight 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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Wallops Island
Subject_Category
Wallops Island
Subject Category
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Keywords:
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Rocket
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Keywords:
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Black
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Keywords:
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Wallops
Keywords
Wallops
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Island
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Keywords:
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Sounding
Keywords
Sounding
Keywords
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Keywords:
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Brant
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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_where:
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Virginia
facet_where
Virginia
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_where
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facet_when:
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01-01-1988
facet_when
01-01-1988
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1988
facet_when_year
1988
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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WI-88-589-4
Image_#
WI-88-589-4
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-2000-00 1325
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SPD-GRIN-GPN-2000-00 1325
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Center:
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GSFC
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Center Number:
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WI-88-589-4
Center_Number
WI-88-589-4
Center Number
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GRIN DataBase Number:
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GPN-2000-001325
GRIN_DataBase_Number
GPN-2000-001325
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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DIGITAL
Original_Source
DIGITAL
Original Source
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