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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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The U.S. Army's Jupiter Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile achieved a successful re-entry test at Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the full-sized nose cone recovered intact from the Atlantic Ocean after launch shortly after midnight yesterday.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla., (AP) The Jupiter Intermediate Range Missile-a project the Army almost lost five months ago-apparently is the first ballistic weapon to solve the re-entry challenge.
Army rocket men at the nation's missile test center agreed the re-entry success was due to an almost perfect shot of the mighty Jupiter shortly after midnight yesterday.
Some 4½ hours after the launching the huge nose cone-the first full sized warhead ever mounted on a Jupiter IRBM-was plucked out of the Atlantic by frogmen and a crew of a Navy auxiliary submarine rescue ship.
First reports indicated the re-entry test was a complete success.
The precious nose cone was taken to Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala., where Army scientists will study its intricate instruments to learn the secrets of re-entering the earth's atmosphere without burnout after a cruise through space.
It was the first time a full scale ballistic missile nose cone has been recovered intact. The only other recovery came last Aug. 8 when a four-foot nose cone was retrieved from the sea.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla.
Event Date
Shortly After Midnight Yesterday
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complete success; first full scale ballistic missile nose cone recovered intact
Event Details
The Jupiter IRBM was launched and its huge nose cone, the first full sized warhead mounted on a Jupiter, was recovered 4½ hours later by frogmen and a Navy auxiliary submarine rescue ship from the Atlantic. Army scientists will study it at Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.