First in silo launch of a liquid fueled ICBM Titan VS-1, code named 'Silver Saddle' . Titan VS-1 carries a dummy second stage from Silo Launch Test Facility or SLTF. Flames escaping from silo ducts during initial ignition of Titan VS-1. Missile emerges and climbs.03 May 1961.
View of President John F. Kennedy's motor convoy approaching from a distance along the Vandenberg AFB roads in California,Unites States. Two minuteman missiles can be seen in the backdrop of the passing convoy. The Presidential convoy moves along the Air Force Base roads.
Distant view of President John F. Kennedy's convoy of cars and buses traveling along the Vandenberg Air Force Base roads in California, United States. Lush green mountains in the backdrop. The convoy enters a missile launch facility. Guards at gate salute as the convoy enters. President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara inspect a minuteman missile transporter. Air Force officials converse with them as they inspect. Presidential convoy departs from the facility. A saluting guard poses for the camera. A guard wearing spectacles and driver in a minuteman missile transporter. Shows a minuteman missile transporter at the facility. The erector reads U.S. Air Force.
President Kennedy and official party arrive at area 576A at Vandenberg Air Force Base where they watch the launch of Atlas134D. 23 March 1962.
Thor-Agena orbital launch vehicle being prepared for launch from Vandenberg AFB, California. Entrance of Air Force Ballistic Missile Division in Vandenberg AFB. Truck coming out of the building. Workmen mate Agena vehicle to Thor missile. Thor-Agena being raised to launch position on pad. Interiors of control and data compilation center. Various tracking centers, dish-shaped tracking antenna at Vandenberg AFB, radome at Kodiak in Alaska, TLM-18 antenna at Kaena Point in Hawaii, and tracking vessel at sea.
Missile launch malfunction in Vandenberg Air Force Base, California USA. Missile covered in smoke falls from tower prior to its launch.
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