Black Brant IX Rocket Photos


(NASA photo courtesy of Andrey Lysenko)

(NASA photo courtesy of Andrey Lysenko)

(NASA photo courtesy of Joel Powell)
Here is the Consort 4 payload on a Black Brant launched from White Sands (LC-36) on November 16, 1991. This rocket was reported to be destroyed by the RSO after liftoff due to a malfunction.

(NASA photo courtesy of Joel Powell)
This is a shot of the Consort 1 commercial microgravity processing payload launched by SS1 (Deke Slayton's outfit) on March 29, 1989 at White Sands (LC-36)

(NASA photo courtesy of Joel Powell)
This particular launch is a Starfire rocket (Black Brant with a new Terrier booster) carrying the final commercial microgravity processing payload called Conquest 1. The date of this launch was April 3, 1996 at White Sands (LC-36).

Updated: 5-30-2008

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