[Jupiter-C launch vehicle]

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Identifier2013-09-17_image_240SourceThe G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection (2013-09-17), Box 65, Folder 12Series2013-09-17, Series IIICreatorUnited States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDescriptionPhotograph of the Jupiter-C launch vehicle at Cape Canaveral, Florida, circa 1950s.

Typed on verso: "NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center / Huntsville, Alabama / For Release: January 31, 1958 / Photo No.: 8-56893 / Photo Credit: National Aeronautics and Space Administration / HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- This Jupiter-C vehicle placed the first U.S. satellite, Explorer I, in orbit January 31, 1958. The vehicle is shown here at what was then Cape Canaveral, Fla. The Explorer payload (the instrument package plus its burned-out fourth stage rocket) weighed a total of 30.8 pounds. The Jupiter-C was launched with a thrust of 83,000 pounds in the ground stage. Both the vehicle and its payload were developed by elements of the U.S. Army that are now major segments of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The Army Ballistic Missile Agency, forerunner of NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, provided the Jupiter C launch vehicle and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory furnished the Explorer I solid-fuel upper rocket stages and instrument package."

Typed on verso: "This photograph is released for non-commercial non-copyrightable public information use. Written permission must be received from NASA if this photograph is used in advertising, posters, books, etc. and layout must be submitted to NASA for approval prior to release."Creation Datecirca 1950sSubjectSpace programsLaunch vehicles (Astronautics)United States. National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationPlaceCape Canaveral (Fla.)FloridaUnited StatesExtent1 photograph : print, black and white ; 10 x 8 inLanguageEnglishOriginal Formatphotographic printsBibliographic CitationThe G. Harry Stine Space History and Model Rocketry Collection/The Museum of FlightRightsNo copyright - United States

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