VIKING NO. 7
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135 miles straight up, at 4,100 miles per hour!
r’ ff's zero minus 20 - Seconds are ticking
away as the crew of Navy technicians ap
plies the finishing touches to Viking No. 7.
^ Zero minus 10 “The site is cleared of all
living things, for the blast of the rocket mo
tors will bathe the area in smoke and flame.
^ 2erO -zero l Tension is at a fever pitch!
Only the whisper of a breeze through the
gantry platform suggests motion.
^ Then suddenly- with a blinding flash and.
a mighty roar the rocket comes alive, in an or
ange and white blanket of smoke and flame.
p And slowly- ever so slowly, the needle
; nosed monster rises from the launching
platform. Five and one-half tons of steel
lifted straight up, by some hidden force.
^ Now Vibng Ma7 begins to cfimb
100 feet, 1,000 feet, 10,000 feet in a matter
of seconds! Screaming straight up into the
heavens at the unearthly speed of 4,100 miles
per hour, to reach a height of 135 miles
and break all existing altitude records!
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