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At a 50th anniversary gala capping a year-long celebration of 50 years of launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Brig. Gen. Donald Pettit (left) receives a plaque from committee chairman Ed Gormel. The first launch took place at 9:28 a.m. on July 24, 1950, with the liftoff of Bumper 8 from Launch Complex 3. The gala, hosted by the Cape Canaveral Chapter Air Force Association, featured such speakers as Center Director Roy Bridges; Vice Commander, Air Force Space Command, Lt. Gen.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineKSC-00pp0924. NASA/KSC, 2000-07-15. Public domain. ID: KSC-00pp0924.
