Word: flameless
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...twelve seconds after 12:45 a.m., almost exactly on schedule, Juno II took off. It climbed loudly but smoothly, arching slightly north of east. For about three minutes the first-stage rocket burned brightly, diminishing slowly with distance. Then its power shut off, and the upper stages coasted flameless for 55 seconds. About 110 miles up and 160 miles distant, the eleven solid-fuel rockets in the second stage ignited as scheduled. The third and fourth stages ignited too, and Pioneer III, Juno II's instrumented moon probe...
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