Thor-Agena orbital vehicle being launched from Vandenberg air force base, California. Missile launch crew in blockhouse prepares for launch. Thor-Agena engine ignition, lift-off and climb. Launch crew in blockhouse after Thor-Agena firing. Animation depicts flight of Thor-Agena including second-stage separation. Agena pitches to horizontal position and ground radar antenna receives signal from Agena. Second stage ignition and cut-off, and nose cone separation and re-entry over the Pacific. U.S. Air Force RC-121 aircraft in flight. U.S. Air Force C-119 recovery unit makes practice snatch of parachute and capsule. C-119 Flying Boxcar planes in flight. Recovery unit in the Pacific. C-119 aircraft equipped with trapeze. Us Air Force Captain speaks at Vandenberg AFB. He stands beneath a dish shaped radar in operation. Agena vehicle travels through star-studded sky.
Coverage of missile squadron training at Vandenberg AFB, California. Staff car driving to Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star airplane on flight line. Two colonels getting out and talking. T-33 (with SAC riband) taking off. Colonel in staff car. Car comes to halt. Driver opens the door of car. Atlas D with Mk II and Mod II nose cone erect in coffin shelter. Atlas assembly line in factory with workers at work. View of Atlas during engine ignition, lift-off and climb. View of launch control building. Airmen working on Atlas instrumentation pod. Airmen studying target maps, then airmen inserting cards in sorter to obtain target data.
Preparations for the launch of an Atlas 12 D missile at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. A service structure is backed away from the missile. The Mark II nose cone on the top of the missile. United States Air Force personnel operate control panels in the launch control room. The countdown clock and TV monitors in the background. The missile on the launching platform. LOX vapors stream from the missile. USAF personnels at the launch control panels and watch TV monitors. A countdown clock. Personnel at the control panels of the consoles. Atlas on launch pad. LOX vapors around the missile.
Atlas missile 27E launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Missile blows up soon after its launch. Fire and black smoke rises from the explosion.
Atlas missile 27E launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Missile ready for the launch. It falls with a large explosion on the ground. Fire and black smoke rises from the explosion.
Atlas missile 27E launches at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. View of Atlas 27E ready to launch. Large explosion on the ground soon after its launch. Fire and black smoke rises from the explosion. (Note: This was the ninth E-series Atlas launched and the first from the West Coast. The missile suffered combustion instability in one booster engine, the resultant asymmetrical thrust causing it to tip over and explode on impact with the silo wall. OSTF-1 suffered extensive damage and did not host another launch for nine months.)
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