The Atlas LV-3A/Agena B rocket on a launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, United States. SAMOS 3, a U.S. Air Force first generation photo surveillance satellite, aboard the Atlas LV-3A/Agena B. The rocket blows up. Smoke columns rise as the rocket catches fire. Several views of the smoke rising. Electrical towers and lines in the foreground. The launch pad as seen through the smoke. (Note:One of the pad umbilicals did not properly detach at liftoff, cutting off electrical power to the Atlas. The booster fell back through the launch stand and exploded. SLC-4E was fully repaired in only nine weeks and hosted Samos 4's launch two weeks after that.)
OAS (Organization of American States) troops in California, United States. An OAS soldier cleans equipment in a factory. The equipment is lifted and is carried by an overhead crane. Officials sit in a gathering. An official addresses people. A curtain being raised at the inauguration of the equipment. The officials clap.
A Pregnant Guppy heavy lifter aircraft in California, United States. Entrance of the 'Rohr corp riverside plant'. The doors of the plant opened. A car parked outside the plant. Cars and a flatbed truck loaded with heavy cargo driven towards the factory. An aircraft taxis. A side of the aircraft reads 'Largest Plane In The World'. 'The Pregnant Guppy' written on the side of the aircraft. Hi-rail crane trucks lift the equipment. A flatbed truck driven. The back half of the aircraft separated from the other half. Heavy cargo loaded into the aircraft on a rail. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
Spin test on the F-101A Voodoo a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. F-101A Voodoo spins while in flight. The aircraft in flight as it under goes a spin test. Aerial view of the ground. The aircraft descends in air.
Spin test on the F-101A Voodoo, a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The F-101A Voodoo in flight and contrails come out of the aircraft. F-101A Voodoo spins and descends in air while in flight.
Spin test on the F-101A Voodoo, a United States Air Force aircraft at Edwards Air Force Base in California, United States. The F-101A Voodoo in flight. F-101A Voodoo spins and descends in air while in flight. Aerial view of the ground.
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