Tractor tug towing XB-36H Crusader aircraft parked over nuclear reactor loading pit. Wheels of aircraft. Cover of nuclear reactor loading pit sliding open. Reactor being raised and winched into bomb bay of XB-36H.
Overhead crane hoisting nuclear reactor from reactor loading point. Crane lowering reactor onto loading cradle outside of pit.
Aircraft XB-36H bomb bay doors open and close. Valves and cables on nuclear reactor on cradle.
Rocket carrying SNAP (Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) 9A generator is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. SNAP-9A generator in space center and men working. By animation it is explained how satellite operations are carried out in space by making use of chemical and solar energies but with limitations. It is further explained how SNAP-9A generators work by means of nuclear energy. Animated versions of Thermocouple and Radioisotopes are shown. Shows Atomic Energy Commission men working and Nuclear generators installed at two different sites on earth.
Technicians work at AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) facility on SNAP (Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) generators to be launched in June and November months of year 1961. Design of SNAP generator is explained and shows generators at a pole and carried by a rocket in space. SNAP 9A modified by an added AC-DC converter. AEC personnel in fields to test missile launch effects of SNAP 9A. Simulated missile explosions are carried out to check if fuel capsule can withstand fire and explosions. After successful tests, SNAP 9A is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California.
Animated demonstration of four important space missions of SNAP(Systems Nuclear Auxiliary Power) 9A generator. Missions include long life missions, lunar explorations, sun probes and deep space missions. Generator revolves around earth. Atomic Energy Commission technicians check SNAP 11 generator for unmanned lunar explorations. Effect of sun's temperature on generator in space is explained. Sun and earth are shown in space.
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