Argus

Sounding rocket. Year: 1961. Family: Other Suborbital Vehicles. Country: USA. Status: Out of production.

NASA Bios (biological investigation of space).

Argus Chronology

1961 November 15 - Launch Vehicle: Argus.

NASA Bios - failure. Nation: USA. NASA Bios (biological investigation of space) payload launched by Argo D-8 booster rocket from Pacific Missile Range, but veered sharply off course 57 seconds after launch. References: 18.

Bibliography and Further Reading

Emme, Eugene M, Aeronautics and Astronautics: An American Chronology of Science and Technology in the Exploration of Space 1915-1960, NASA, 1961. Accessed at: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/timeline.html.

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