"The Sphere" Jupiter-C Launch
Item
Title
"The Sphere" Jupiter-C Launch
Description
A page from "The Sphere" newspaper from February 8, 1958. It depicts three photographs. The first is of the launch of Jupiter-C (also known as Juno I), an American sounding rocket which successfully launched the first American Earth satellite, Explorer I, on January 31, 1958, at 10:48 p.m. The second photograph shows Major-General Donald N. Yates, the Commandant of the United States Air Force Missile Center, and Major-General John B. Medaris, Commanding Officer of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, shaking hands after the launch of Jupiter-C at Cape Canaveral. The third photograph shows Dr. William H. Pickering, Dr. James Van Allen, and Dr. Wernher von Braun holding the Explorer I satellite above their heads, the satellite which they each helped to perfect.
Date
January 31, 1958
February 8, 1958
February 8, 1958
Format
News Article
Language
English
Subject
Jupiter-C launch
Source
From AMM's personal archive
