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The Air Force Ballistic Missile Division and the Pioneer Lunar Probes of 1958 The Pioneer lunar launches were significant because they took some of the earliest steps in the conquest and management of space. Although the
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Goldstone / Redstone Arsenal / Cape Canaveral / /

Company

Space Technology Laboratories / Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory / Jet Propulsion Laboratory / Project Baker / Naval Research Laboratory / Jodrell Bank / RAND Corporation / /

Continent

America / /

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United States / Soviet Union / United Kingdom / Singapore / /

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Company Expansion / M&A / /

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University of Manchester / Air Force Missile Test Center / Jet Propulsion Laboratory / R&D Facility / RamoWooldridge hangar / Naval Ordnance Test Station / Angeles AFB / California Institute of Technology / Los Angeles International Airport / /

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surplus hardware / launch site / eventual global network / reconnaissance satellite / advisory contractor / satellite systems / control network / doughnut-shaped fiberglass shell containing telemetry / satellite launchers / /

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Mojave Desert / Island of Hawaii / /

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Air Force Missile Test Center / California Institute of Technology / Air Force Scientific Advisory Board / Army Ballistic Missile Agency / Army / Navy / U.S. IGY Committee / Advanced Research Projects Agency / University of Manchester / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Air Force Ballistic Missile Division / Scientific Advisory Committee / Air Force / Department of Defense / first U.S. mission / /

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Thor Able / Schriever / Eisenhower / Herbert F. York / Roy W. Johnson / James H. Douglas / Neil H. McElroy / Donald L. Putt / /

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Major General / first director / President / Secretary of Defense / Secretary / chief scientist / director / technical advisory contractor / chief of staff for development / Lieutenant General / commander / /

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Atlas / Delta / Gemini / /

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Alabama / Hawaii / Florida / California / /

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the Atlas / using the Atlas / /

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radiation / control network / Deep Space Network / flash / /

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