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Description 330-PSA-254-60 (164482AC): Firing of the USAF Atlas ICBM from Air Force Missile Test Center, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, October 13, 1960. The primary purpose was to test the new Atlas guidance system and a new ablative reentry vehicle material. Additional experiments aboard the nose cone included black mice and other scientific research items. The reentry vehicle landed in its intended impact area, some 5,000 statute miles down the Atlantic Missile Range. (9/9/2015).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/21109602528 ( archive). It was reviewed on 10 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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