HIGH-SPEED TEST

An ultrahigh-temperature ceramic test unit (such as the one in photo) is scheduled to fly in June on a Minuteman III missile launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. The Slender Hypervelocity Aerothermodynamic Research Probe will be mounted on a modified Mk. 12A reentry vehicle, which will have four...

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