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The PGM-11 Redstone was the first large American ballistic missile. A short-range ballistic missile (SRBM), it was in active service with the United States Army in West Germany from June 1958 to June 1964 as part of NATO 's Cold War defense of Western Europe.
The Redstone family of rockets consisted of a number of American ballistic missiles, sounding rockets and expendable launch vehicles operational during the 1950s and 1960s. The first member of the Redstone family was the PGM-11 Redstone missile, from which all subsequent variations of the Redstone were derived.
Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, a U.S. Army base . Redstone (rocket family), a U.S. missile and support system, named for the Arsenal PGM-11 Redstone, U.S. missile and carrier rocket, namesake of the family
The Mercury-Redstone Launch Vehicle, designed for NASA's Project Mercury, was the first American crewed space booster.It was used for six sub-orbital Mercury flights from 1960–1961; culminating with the launch of the first, and 11 weeks later, the second American (and the second and third humans) in space.
When Redstone, currently chairwoman of the media empire, reached an $8 billion deal to merge Paramount with Skydance Media in July of last year, it seemed like everyone could finally take a breath ...
An 80-year-old woman died one month after her Sleep Number bed suddenly moved without warning and trapped her against a wall for two days last year, a new lawsuit alleges.
The plaque with a launch photo originally had a photo of a PGM-11 Redstone launch; this has been corrected but the date of 1977 should be 1982. A Pershing 1a and a Pershing II that were once on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are in storage on the arsenal in warehouse building 8021.
Sumner Redstone and his daughter, Shari Redstone, have a history of feuding. Sumner is chairman and majority shareholder of CBS, Viacom and National Amusements, among other companies.