A CLOSE-UP VIEW of the upper end of a ThorDelta at the moment of lift-off. The connecting power cables and air conditioning tubes (known as the umbilical connexions) are falling away from their sockets, severing the last links with the launch pad.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29900, 14 August 1962, Page 8
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42A CLOSE-UP VIEW of the upper end of a Thor-Delta at the moment of lift-off. The connecting power cables and air conditioning tubes (known as the umbilical connexions) are falling away from their sockets, severing the last links with the launch pad. Press, Volume CI, Issue 29900, 14 August 1962, Page 8
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