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A Road Trip for a Rocket

31 Jul 2020, 11:01 GMT By Robert S. Arrighi
A Road Trip for a Rocket

General Dynamics delivered one of its Atlas rockets to Plum Brook Station (today, Armstrong Test Facility) on July 31, 1963 for a series of structural tests in the Dynamics Stand. The company created a special 64-foot long trailer to transport the missile from its plant in San Diego to Ohio. The journey required a police escort