Great Moments In Space History

Fifty years ago today, the United States attempted to launch the Vanguard Test Vehicle 3 (TV-3). from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The Vanguard rocket reached a maximum altitude of four feet before returning to earth in an impressive fireball. (Check out the ramjet helicopter at the end of the newsreel, too.)

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  By Anthony (Los Angeles), Thursday, 6 December , 2007 @ 9:24 am

  I love those old newsreels; Herlihy had the perfect voice to be the narrator.

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  By quilly mammoth, Thursday, 6 December , 2007 @ 10:26 am

  I think that was actually a pulse jet. Neat.

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