Keywords: blackandwhite monochrome outdoor black and white Polaris-6: Polaris Test Vehicle with instrumented nose cone launched from a tube beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean off San Clemente Island, April 14, 1960, ignites and continues on its way in the first successful “pop-up” ignition test in the Polaris missile program. The vehicle carried a less than normal propellant charge and was programed to fly for only a few seconds. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Subject Files. (2016/03/03). Polaris-6: Polaris Test Vehicle with instrumented nose cone launched from a tube beneath the surface of the Pacific Ocean off San Clemente Island, April 14, 1960, ignites and continues on its way in the first successful “pop-up” ignition test in the Polaris missile program. The vehicle carried a less than normal propellant charge and was programed to fly for only a few seconds. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command, Navy Subject Files. (2016/03/03). |