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Show Success Listed On Athena Missile Shot WHITE SANDS MISSILE MIS-SILE RANGE, X. M., June 4 An Air Force Athena ml-sUe was successfully launched Thursday night (June-l) from White Sands Missile Range's test complex com-plex near Green River. Utah. Launched at 11:'13 p.m.. the re-entry vehicle impacted im-pacted as programmed on White Sands Missile Range. It was the 128th Athena fired since the research program began in early 19G4. The solid propellant multistage mul-tistage missile is used in studying reentry phenomena phenom-ena of space vehicles. Data Da-ta obtained in the program lis used by the Army, Navy, Na-vy, Air Force and the National Na-tional Aeronautics and Space Administration. |