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Reentry Flight Demonstrator (RFD)
Two spacecraft, launched on suborbital flights in 1963-64 to test reentry effects on nuclear reactor mockups supplied by the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC). The tests were carried out at a time when NASA and AEC were engaged in the NERVA (Nuclear Engine for Rocket Vehicle Applications) program.
Related categories
• SATELLITES AND SPACE PROBES
• REENTRY PHYSICS AND TERMINOLOGY
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