Minuteman Missile National Historic Site

You might be able to see the brief but glorious sight of an unarmed Minuteman III missile soaring into the atmosphere before dawn on Wednesday.  ( Click image to enlarge and get detail .) Brian Webb of spacearchive.info says that a Minuteman with three test assemblies is scheduled to launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base during a six hour window that opens at 1:01 a.m. Wednesday. The plume from such missiles is usually visible from Orange County, if he sky is clear. Look for the... Read Full Story

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