MAKE A MEME View Large Image Viking 4 launch from USS Norton Sound (AV-11) in 1950.jpg Launch of the U S Navy Viking 4 rocket on 11 May 1950 from the deck of the USS Norton Sound AV-11 in the Pacific Ocean near the Equator After modifications in February and March 1950 ...
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Keywords: Viking 4 launch from USS Norton Sound (AV-11) in 1950.jpg Launch of the U S Navy Viking 4 rocket on 11 May 1950 from the deck of the USS Norton Sound AV-11 in the Pacific Ocean near the Equator After modifications in February and March 1950 at San Francisco Naval Shipyard Norton Sound launched a five-ton Viking rocket 11 May in Project Reach This rocket carried a 227 kg instrumentation package to an altitude 171 km and provided data on cosmic rays Viking 4 reached almost the maximum possible height for the payload flown in a nearly perfect flight Project Reach concluded the first phase of Norton Sound ' s use as a missile platform http //www navy mil/ah_online/department_arch html U S Navy All Hands magazine http //www navy mil/ah_online/archpdf/ah195007 pdf July 1950 inside cover 1950-05-11 U S Navy All photographs published in ALL HANDS are official U S Navy photographs unless otherwise designated PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Norton Sound AV-11 Viking sounding rocket
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