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Nike Nike was the designation of a two to four stage American sounding rocket consisting of two Nike stages and optional upper stages. These include the Hercules M5E1, M6, and X-220 solid rocket engines , the NOTS 'HPAG' solid rocket engine , and the Thiokol T-40, T-55, and 1.5KS35000 solid rocket engines . [1]
Rehbar-I. An American Nike-Cajun rocket. Rehbar-I was based on Nike-Cajun rockets. Rehbar is a series of sounding rockets launched into the upper atmosphere by Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO). Rehbar-I was the first rocket launched by SUPARCO, on 7 June 1962. [1] [2] Rehbar-I was a two-staged solid fuel rocket.
The Nike Smoke was a sounding rocket, part of a research project on the behavior of the horizontal winds in the upper atmosphere, developed by NASA in the 1960s based on the Nike booster. [1] The goal was to obtain more accurate data on the behavior of these winds in order to guide the design of new vehicles particularly the Saturn family of ...
Jeff Bridges, J.J. Abrams and Mark Hamill were among the Hollywood figures who joined Monday night’s “White Dudes for Harris” Zoom fundraising and organizing rally. The event, which is being ...
Category. : Project Nike. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Project Nike. Missiles and Nike installation sites of Project Nike — in deployment from 1953 to 1978. A Cold War surface-to-air missiles of the United States defense system, with derived sounding rockets.
Nike (rocket stage) Early Booster Missile Nike I (three fin model). The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was created by Hercules Aerospace for the Nike Ajax (M5) Nike Hercules (M5E1) (and M88 late in Hercules career). [1] [2] It was developed for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles as part of ...
Away. NEC Red Rockets (NECレッドロケッツ, NEC Reddo Rokettsu) is a women's volleyball team based in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan. It plays in V.League 1. The owner of the team is NEC . The club was founded in April 1978 as NEC's corporate team, participating the same year in the 10th V.Challenge League tournament. The club advanced to ...
The Vestas Sailrocket was built to capture the sailing speed record competing in the B-class for 150 to 235 square feet of sail. It is piloted by the project leader Paul Larsen and sponsored by Danish wind turbines manufacturer Vestas. In 2008 the first version reached a reported unofficial speed of 52.22 knots (96.71 km/h), [1] before crashing.