A Titan II missile inside the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona. Veritasium on YouTube At the height of the Cold War, America's underground was rife with dozens of hidden nuclear-missile units.

The sleek Titan II missile launched the streamlined spacecraft into orbit on a clear flame. It also made a “bwooping” sound at the moment just before liftoff, a uniquely strange sound.

The next missile test launch was April 27, 1963. In the next 24 years, 56 more Titan II ICBMs launched from here. Then came the more efficient Minuteman ICBMs, and the Titan II missile became ...

Team Vandenberg is set to launch a Titan II rocket Saturday at ... This $300 million mission will place the satellite into orbit using a former intercontinental ballistic missile which sat on ...

Once a key part of America’s nuclear deterrent, this silo in Green Valley now serves as a museum. Its deactivated launch doors and preserved command center offer a sobering glimpse into Cold War ...

Titan Missile Museum In Sahuarita, Arizona, in the midst of a retirement community, tourists can touch a Titan II missile, still on its launch pad ...

The Titan Missile Museum is a fascinating look into history, and if you find yourself in southern Arizona (in the winter, I hope, for your sake), I highly recommend checking it out.

The Titan missile was an US Air Force intercontinental ballistic missile that NASA ultimately chose to launch its interim Gemini program between 1964 and 1966. But a close look at any launch shot ...

A crowd gathered in this flower-speckled cow pasture two Saturdays ago to learn what happened here Sept. 19, 1980, when rocket fuel exploded, blowing a 9-megaton Titan II missile warhead out of ...

The Titan II missile was among a group of 18 held at the Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the Air Force's boneyard, in Tucson, Arizona. All 18 rockets were scheduled to be shredded ...

LONDONDERRY — What was it like to serve on a launch crew at a Titan II missile site during the height of the Cold War? As a young U.S. Air Force officer in the 1960s, Carl Stidsen commanded a ...