Manufactured for Lockheed by Bell Aircraft Corp., the Agena rocket has been used in its original single-shot version as the second stage of the Thor rocket, which has successfully injected six of ...

Nestled in the nose of a two-stage Atlas-Agena rocket, the spidery, gold and silvery Ranger took off from Cape Kennedy and arced neatly into a perfect orbit. When it had coasted for 19.5 minutes ...