Scenes from Magnolia and Queen Anne Hill in Seattle,Washington. Space Needle in the distance. The harbor on the right. Shift of scene to a closer view of the Space Needle.
Crewmen load hedgehogs on deck of United States Navy Destroyer Escort Charles E. Brannon (DE-446) in Seattle, Washington. Men pass hedgehogs to a loader. Hedgehogs loaded onto a launcher. An officer looks out from bridge window and points at men working on the deck.
Portion of speech by President Lyndon Johnson given at a dinner celebrating the 125th Anniversary Meeting of B'nai B'rith, at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC. He urges the leaders of the Middle East to talk about issues of tension so as to establish peace in the region. President Johnson calls for dialog in the region. He says it is time, "to begin talking the substance of peace." He urges the leaders of the Middle East to talk about issues of tension so as to establish peace in the region.
Los Alamos Atomic Energy Commission Scientific Laboratory in New Mexico and mountains in the background. Scientists work with diagrams of nuclear reactors. Different equipment and nuclear rocket designs. Prototype of Nuclear reactor is made. Technicians work with KIWI experimental reactors. Towers and buildings in desert. KIWI reactor is checked in nuclear assembly. Reactor is taken to the testing area on a special rail car. Man works at a remote station to control the car. Liquid hydrogen is pumped into the reactor on rail car from near by storage tanks. Reactor tested on test stand shows flaming torch. Reactor transported for disassembly and inspection on car by remote control. Men use remote control manipulators for inspection. Exhaust gas from other reactor on test stand. Men work on diagrams. Narrator discusses next step as the NERVA program (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications), a combined government and private industry (Aerojet and Westinghouse) effort headed by the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO). Animated nuclear thermal rocket shown with NERVA technology ( Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Application), given the letter designation NRX.
Working of nuclear thermal rocket engine system in a NRX rocket, explained through animation. (The engine emerged from the NERVA program -- Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications -- a combined government and private industry (Aerojet and Westinghouse) effort headed by the Space Nuclear Propulsion Office (SNPO). Core of cylindrical nuclear reactor inside the rocket through which hydrogen gas passes. Hydrogen is expanded through the nozzle to provide thrust. Reactor works by fission of uranium 235. Neutron particles reflected back to the reactor. Rotating rods installed in reflectors around the reactor to control the heat generated. Reactors on test stand in testing area. Reactor transported on rail car. Scientists and technicians work with reactors in Atomic Energy Commission facility.
Testing of flight engines of spacecraft. Sign of 'PHOEBUS IB' nuclear reactor. Phoebus IB reactor in testing area of Atomic Energy Commission facility at Los Alamos in New Mexico. Technicians work with NRX-A6 reactor. A recently developed new test stand and a nuclear engine carried by rail car. Test of engines in test area. Animation shows spacecraft in space.
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