Word: rocketeers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...President explained that the Vanguard project was a minor experiment to be conducted solely by the Navy. The Army's efforts, he continued, must be reserved for the IRBM, the Jupiter C. Shortly, if not immediately afterward, the Secretary of Defense announced that the Army and its Jupiter C rocket would join project Vanguard. In another reversal or at least confusion of policies, the Navy and presumably the Administration gave yesterday's launching all possible publicity, while previous experiments of this nature had little if any such coverage. Had the administrators been in contact with the scientists, or even...
GAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., Dec. 6--The Vanguard test rocket--with U.S. hopes for some recaptured prestige aboard--barely struggled off the ground today, then fell back and exploded...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Another effort to launch the Vanguard rocket will be made today and the deputy director of the project said last night there is "a good chance" that it will boost the American "moon" into orbit around the world. The time of launching was not announced as of last night...
...that point, one newspaperman was willing to bet that rocket would not get up before 9 a.m. this morning. Bets and predictions flew back and forth until direct reports confirmed that the operation was definitely suspended...
...There were a few bugs in the rocket," said a high level source from the Office of Naval Research, "but I think we've ironed them out. It looks like we will be ready to blast...