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The group did their research on rockets from a launch site deep in the Mojave Desert. [1] In the summer of 1956, 17-year-old Jimmy Blackmon of Charlotte, North Carolina, built a 6-foot rocket in his basement. The rocket was designed to be powered by combined liquid nitrogen, gasoline, and liquid oxygen.
Bill Worrell was born on June 2, 1944, in Houston.His father, William Hamilton "Dub" Worrell, was a team dentist for the Rice Owls, Houston Cougars, Houston Oilers, and the Houston Rockets; Bill Worrell Sr. introduced the use of mouthpieces to professional athletes in Houston.
The Skycycle X-2 was a steam-powered rocket owned by Evel Knievel and flown during his Snake River Canyon jump in Idaho in 1974.. An earlier prototype was designed, named the Skycycle X-1, by Doug Malewicki and retired U.S. Navy engineer Robert Truax.
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Aerobee Hi Missile, White Sands Missile Range Museum The Aerobee rocket was one of the United States' most produced and productive sounding rockets.Developed by the Aerojet Corporation, the Aerobee was designed to combine the altitude and launching capability of the V-2 with the cost effectiveness and mass production of the WAC Corporal.
After booster jettison, a 2,600 lb f (12 kN) thrust XASR-2 liquid fuel rocket burned for up to 40 seconds (depending on desired apogee). [ 29 ] [ 30 ] The X-8 recovery sequence was normally started as the rocket descended through about 200,000 ft (60,960.0 m) feet when the fins were blown off to induce a drag producing tumble. [ 31 ]
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