Caption
One of Canada's Black Brant research rockets is positioned inside the universal launcher at Fort Churchill rocket range, Manitoba.
Date
October 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-8240
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
One of the 30-plus Black Brants fired to date cracks off from its launching pad.
Date
January 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-8656
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Nose-cone containing scientific instrument package is fitted to Black Brant research rocket.
Date
October 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-8295
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Telemetry receiving equipment is checked to ensure accurate recording of vital information from on high.
Date
October 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-8228
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Tracking and control centre at Fort Churchill rocket range. Down-range area is in Hudson Bay and is the scene of other rocket launchings, including: Nike-Apaches, Aerobees and Javelins.
Date
October 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-8232
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Caption
Nose-cone package is readied by DRB scientists John Caldwell, below, and Keith Lacey.
Date
August 1, 1963
Accession Number
NFB63-7020
Materials
Black and white negative
Photographer
Collection
CMCP collection
Credit Line
© National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Photostory #352: Black Brants Flash High for Science: Canadian Rocketry Blasts Off
Photographers
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Maker
National Film Board of Canada
Release Date
December 3, 1963
Collection
CMCP fonds
Credit Line
Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography fonds, National Gallery of Canada Library and Archives
Main Text
Soaring aloft with high-energy dependability, Canada's Black Brant upper atmosphere research rocket is piercing its way to international scientific fame. Its solid-propellant engine can lift 150 pounds of sophisticated instruments over 100 miles high without harming their delicate functions. The 28-foot-long, 17-inch-diameter Black Brant burns a ton of fuel in the first 15 seconds of its brief few moments of probing space. Developed by the Defence Research Board purely as a vehicle for high-altitude experiments, the rocket has been used for research by its DRB designers, the National Research Council, the universities of Toronto and Alberta, and the United States Air Force. Future space probes are planned to carry instruments for the universities of Saskatchewan, Western Ontario and Quebec's Laval. Canadian-designed and built, the Black Brant rocket is a valuable addition to the nation's intensive scientific inquiry on the edges of outer space.
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