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United States Air Force • Atlas LV-3 Agena B • Launch Complex 12 (FL)
United States Air Force • Atlas LV-3 Agena B • LC-12
Lunar impactor which successfully reached the surface after transmitting 7,137 photographs.
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Lunar impactor which successfully reached the surface after transmitting 7,137 photographs.
The Atlas LV-3A was a largely unsuccessful configuration until it was given an Agena B upper stage. It was responsible for the launch of Mariner II to Venus and had one of the first engines that could be restarted in orbit.
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.
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