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Synopsis: Test firings of the AJ-260 solid fuel rocket engine shooting flames hundreds of feet into the air as NASA collects data for the future of American rocket engines...(read more)

  • Date: 1967
  • Duration: 00:00:52
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

NASA Tests Future Rocket Engines

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NASA Tests Future Rocket Engines

At an Aerojet rocket test facility near Homestead Florida there were three static test firings of the AJ-260 solid fuel (propellant) rocket engine. Near burnout during the SL-3 test firing the nozzle of the gigantic rocket-engine breaks loose, shooting flames hundreds of feet in the air, rattling cameras over two miles away, and raining debris over a wide area.

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Newsreels: 1967 - June 20