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Show AP Wirephoto ATHENA SUCCESSFUL | Rocket fired at Green River, j 3rd Athena Test Called Success Compiled from Win Dispatches WHITE SANDS MISSILE JRANGE, N. M.-The third time was a charm for the Athena mis-j sile, as it streaked 450 miles from Green River, Utah, to ' White Sands Missile Range_ in southern New Mexico Wednesday. Only the first two of four stages were used in the successful flight which took an esti-1 mated 15 minutes and reached an altitude of about 250,000 feet. The Air Force said the mis-' sile carried a sub-scale experimental re-entry vehicle as part of a test program for space vehicles which eventually will re-enter the earth's atmosphere. A previous shot last February went astray, with the Athena landing in a desolate area near Durango, Colo. • |