Arkivism
Early Rockets
Public domain

Early Rockets

NASA / MSFC · 1958-01-31 · photograph (digital archive)

From the collection of NASA Image and Video Library. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Launch of Jupiter-C/Explorer 1 at Cape Canaveral, Florida on January 31, 1958. After the Russian Sputnik 1 was launched in October 1957, the launching of an American satellite assumed much greater importance. After the Vanguard rocket exploded on the pad in December 1957, the ability to orbit a satellite became a matter of national prestige.

NASA Image and Video Library’s own description
Subjects
LaunchJupiter-CExplorer-1
Credit lineEarly Rockets. NASA/MSFC, 1958-01-31. Public domain. ID: 0100075.
Open in Explore View at source

Similar works

High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO)High Energy Astronomy Observatory (HEAO) Launch VehiclesLaunch Vehicles Early RocketsEarly Rockets Launch VehiclesLaunch Vehicles KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) lifts off from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on Aug. 25 at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Consisting oKENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. - NASA's Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) lifts off from Launch Pad 17-B, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on Aug. 25 at 1:35:39 a.m. EDT. SIRTF will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space. Consisting o KSC00pp0618KSC00pp0618