Word: centaur
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...failure put an ignominious end to the $40 million hurried-up Atlas-Able lunar probe program. Rather than try again with Atlas-Able, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration last week called off future moon shots until next summer, when more powerful rockets are due to be available: the Centaur and Agena B which, atop the Atlas booster, will provide more efficient thrust in the upper stages, should be able to carry payloads of up to 700 lbs. to the moon. But with the U.S. out of the running now for at least six months, the Russians may well...
...Project Mercury man-in-space flight. First landing of a U.S. payload on the moon. Launching of the Atlas-Centaur vehicle, potentially capable of landing 700 Ibs. on the moon...