That was used to test the launch escape system and to verify the performance of the command module parachutes for the Apollo spacecraft from 1963-66 in five different times.
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1998 Explorer uses a PATS II system with a transponder in the keyhead.
No , as far as I know not until the 1996 Explorer with the OBD II / EEC V
The viking rovers, vikings I and II.
The Bronco II was made till 1990. The it was replaced by the Explorer in 1991.
Your bow should be a 1967 bow if it is an Explorer II. The following dates were used: The original Explorer had no numerical designation and was 62" long. Usually a solid wood riser... EXPLORER 62" 1963-67 (Top of line hunting/target 30# to 60#) Later they came out with a short 56" version and hence the beginning of the I and II descriptions. The first number relates to the year produced...there are some strange ones for transition years in labeling and design and such...but this holds pretty true to form. EXPLORER I 56" 1967-75 (Short version replaced Explorer) EXPLORER II 62" 1967-75 (Long version replaced Explorer) Would love to see pics of it if you still own the bow....
The 'great dark spot' on Neptune - was discovered by the Voyager II spacecraft in 1989.
There is the FULL SIZE BRONCO and then the Bronco II ( the Bronco II is smaller , eventually replaced by the Ford Explorer)
Laika the dog orbited earth aboard the soviet spacecraft Sputnik II in November 1957