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- Burroughs Marks the 141st Successful Launch Using Their MOD III A-1 Guidance System and the First Gemini-Titan II Launch, 1964 - In 1955, the United States Air Force contracted with Burroughs Corporation to develop several transistorized guidance computers for missile and rocket launches. The Air Force installed one of the Burroughs computers at its Cape Canaveral Station (Eastern Test Range) in 1958. This computer (MOD III A-1) proved vital to early Mercury and Gemini space missions.
- 1964
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Burroughs Marks the 141st Successful Launch Using Their MOD III A-1 Guidance System and the First Gemini-Titan II Launch, 1964
In 1955, the United States Air Force contracted with Burroughs Corporation to develop several transistorized guidance computers for missile and rocket launches. The Air Force installed one of the Burroughs computers at its Cape Canaveral Station (Eastern Test Range) in 1958. This computer (MOD III A-1) proved vital to early Mercury and Gemini space missions.
- Advertisement for Tang, "Chosen for the Gemini Astronauts," 1966 - President John F. Kennedy's vision to explore the "new frontier" of space ignited the public's imagination. General Foods Corporation marketed Tang, a fruit flavored powdered drink, in 1959. Sales were poor until NASA selected it for use on John Glenn's 1962 Mercury flight and subsequent missions.
- May 06, 1966
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Advertisement for Tang, "Chosen for the Gemini Astronauts," 1966
President John F. Kennedy's vision to explore the "new frontier" of space ignited the public's imagination. General Foods Corporation marketed Tang, a fruit flavored powdered drink, in 1959. Sales were poor until NASA selected it for use on John Glenn's 1962 Mercury flight and subsequent missions.