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Operation Skyhook Launch Poster

by Science Photo Library

$44.56
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Operation Skyhook Launch poster by Science Photo Library. Our posters are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All posters include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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Operation Skyhook launch, 1960. Operation Skyhook research balloon on the flight deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier just prior to launch. The... more
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Operation Skyhook launch, 1960. Operation Skyhook research balloon on the flight deck of a US Navy aircraft carrier just prior to launch. The 10-million cubic foot meteorological balloon was developed by German-US aeronautics engineer Otto C. Winzen. The balloon carried scientific devices to measure and record primary cosmic rays high in the atmosphere at an altitude of 29 to 35 kilometres. This launch (for mission Refly B) took place in the Caribbean, from the aircraft carrier USS Valley Forge (CVS-45). Photographed on 30 January 1960.
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