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In November 2009, volunteers in twelve communities in Nunavut were each equipped with an Argo Avenger, one of ODG's 8×8 vehicles, for local Search and Rescue. [3] [4] [5] Recently, ODG was asked to help the Canadian Space Agency in designing a lunar vehicle. [6] The Argo 8×8 750 HDi. The Argo is an all-terrain 8×8 or 6×6 amphibious ATV ...
Its vehicles are sold all over the world through a wide dealership network [2] including ARGO and STREIT Group. [ 3 ] The key feature of SHERP vehicles is the large wheels with an onboard system to inflate or deflate them, which allows vehicles to travel through water, cross brushwood, scramble and climb up thin ice.
The Canadian version of the Amphicat was featured as the Moon buggy used by Moonbase Alpha personnel in the television series Space: 1999 and the US version as the Banana Splits' cars in the TV show The Banana Splits. It also appeared in the TV series Lancelot Link, Secret Chimp and in an episode of Blake's 7. [3] [4]
The first launch attempt of an Atlas-Centaur in May 1962 failed, the rocket exploding after take-off. Footage of this was shown in the penultimate shot of the 1982 art film Koyaanisqatsi, directed by Godfrey Reggio. Beginning in 1963, the liquid hydrogen-fueled Centaur upper stage was also used on dozens of Atlas launches.
Centaur-C flew three times between 1964 and 1965, [47] with two failures and one launch declared successful although the Centaur failed to restart. This version was also powered by two RL10A-3 engines. [47] Centaur-D was the first version to enter operational service in 1965 , [47] with fifty-six launches. [48]
The first G.55 prototype flew on 30 April 1942, [9] piloted by commander Valentino Cus, immediately showing its good performance and flight characteristics. It was armed with one 20 mm MG 151/20 cannon with 200 rounds of ammunition, installed in the forward fuselage and firing between the cylinder banks, exiting through the propeller hub.
USS Snatch (ARS-27), well known as Scripps RV Argo after conversion to scientific research, was a Diver-class rescue and salvage ship commissioned by the United States Navy during World War II and in service from 11 December 1944 through 23 December 1946. Her task was to come to the aid of stricken vessels.
Zoox, Inc. is an American technology company subsidiary of Amazon developing autonomous vehicles that provide mobility as a service.It is headquartered in Foster City, California and has offices of operations in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle, Washington.