The Scout program began in 1957 to build an inexpensive sounding rocket to carry small research payloads to high altitudes Scout would eventually assist the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs by testing reentry materials, evaluating methods of protecting spacecraft from micrometeoroids, and examining ways of overcoming radio blackouts.
The Scout program began in 1957 to build an inexpensive sounding rocket to carry small research payloads to high altitudes.
Scout would eventually assist the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo programs by testing reentry materials, evaluating methods of protecting spacecraft from micrometeoroids, and examining ways of overcoming radio blackouts as a space capsule reentered the atmosphere.
The first Scout launched at Wallops Island July 1, 1960.Image Credit: NASA