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Atlas-Agena

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ATLAS AGENA ROCKET DEPRESSURIZES ON PAD, COLLAPSES AND TEARS ITSELF TO PIECES

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GEMINI 9 - Agena Target Vehicle Launch (ATV) - 1966/05/17 - HD, 60 fps, Atlas rocket

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MARINER 2 Launch - Atlas-Agena, Cape Canaveral LC-12, 1962/08/26

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Live* NASA Atlas Agena Launch

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v2.1 Dev Demo: Atlas-Agena Umbilical Arm

The Atlas-Agena was an American expendable launch system derived from the SM-65 Atlas missile. It was a member of the Atlas family of rockets, and was launched 109 times between 1960 and 1978. It was used to launch the first five Mariner unmanned probes to the planets Venus and Mars, and the Ranger and Lunar Orbiter unmanned probes to the Moon. The upper stage was also used as an unmanned orbital target vehicle for the Gemini manned spacecraft to practice rendezvous and docking. However, the launch vehicle family was originally developed for the Air Force and most of its launches were classified DoD payloads.