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Launching Rockets During Battle of Iwo Jima

Date: 1945
Description: Soldiers firing rockets from two International M-2-4 launch vehicles during combat operations in Iwo Jima.
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Saturn C-1

Date: 1961
Description: A Saturn C-1 booster rocket (later renamed Saturn 1) during a static firing at the Marshall Space Flight Center. This test was an early stage in the develo...
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Apollo 8 Honors

Date: 02 20 1969
Description: Astronaut James A. Lovell accepting a gift of cheese from Wisconsin Governor Warren P. Knowles during a gathering in Lovell's honor. A model of the Apollo ...
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William Lundigan of Men Into Space

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Description: William Lundigan, who stars as Colonel Ed McCauley on the television show Men into Space, stands outdoors in front of a missile or rocket launch pad...
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Silvercup Rocket Pulled by International R-185 Roadliner

Date: 03 1955
Description: Silvercup Rocket at the 1955 Michigan State Fair. Original caption reads: "An estimated 100,000 visitors thronged through 'Silver Moon' on its initial disp...
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Protesters at Offutt Air Force Base

Date: 1986
Description: Stratcom action photo, with several protesters kneeling behind a line with soldiers on the other side. In the background are a fence, missile, rocket and t...
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Home Made Rocket

Date: 03 14 1958
Description: Overhead view of Bill Putnam (left) and Bill Diehl, juniors at Edgewood High School, with the two-stage rocket they made. They are awaiting permission to l...

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