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Article: ROCKET LAB MAY BENEFIT FROM RENEWED INTEREST IN MISSILES EDWARDS FACILITY HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN MOST MAJOR PROPULSION PROJECTS.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
- Article date:
- August 13, 2001
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Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - For more than 50 years, Edwards Air Force Base's rocket laboratory has helped develop rocket engines for launching nuclear warheads as well as putting men on the moon.
Established in 1947 on rocky Luehman Ridge overlooking Rogers Dry Lake, the rocket laboratory has developed engines for such rockets as the Atlas, which powered the Mercury space flights; the Minuteman missile; and the Saturn that powered the Apollo moon missions.
``This is a vital part of American air power and space power,'' said Air Force Maj. Gen. Doug Pearson, Edwards' commander.
The lab, like the rest of the ...