The first successful flight of an Atlas missile to full range occurred 28 November 1958.

The wing phased out its Atlas missiles in January 1965.

Don't want to get an Atlas missile up our backsides.

He then turns to the building of the Atlas intercontinental missile, involving over 18,000 technical experts and 200,000 suppliers.

However, when the Atlas missile was being developed, there were considerable doubts as to whether or not a rocket motor could be ignited in space.

The number of Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles in service, by year:

The first Atlas missile went on alert in April 1962.

Decommissioned Atlas missiles were then used for military satellite launches well into the 1990s.

After being decommissioned in 1965, the Atlas missiles were removed and all sites demilitarized.

Her initial operations involved providing radar track on the Atlas missile, which was under development at the time.