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Canaveral Collection

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Boeing SM-80 Minuteman ICBM is launched

Boeing SM-80 Minuteman ICBM is launched on a test flight from Cape Canaveral on 19 May 1961. The rocket had to be destroyed after it veered off course following second stage ignition

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Chrysler Jupiter-C sounding rocket at Cape Canaveral

Chrysler Jupiter-C sounding rocket at Cape Canaveral on 8 August 1957 prior to the third and final sub-orbital test of a re-entry nose cone

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachi?

Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachi?
Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachim Kuettner at Cape Canaveral after witnessing the launch of a Mercury capsule carrying a chimpanzee on top of a Redstone launcher

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Malcolm Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn in front ?

Malcolm Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn in front ?
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn in front of a Mercury space capsule at Cape Canaveral after Glenn was named as the astronaut to make the first US orbital flight

Background imageCanaveral Collection: First Day Cover Commemorating the Moon Landing on July 20, 1969

First Day Cover Commemorating the Moon Landing on July 20, 1969. Armstrong walked on the surface on July 21. Date: 1969

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom wearing the NASA Disting?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom wearing the NASA Disting?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom wearing the NASA Distinguished Service Medal and a Project Mercury lapel pin, during a news conference at Cape Canaveral, the day after his sub-orbital flight

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van ?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van ?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom steps down from the van at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves hangar, Cape Canaveral

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves hangar, Cape Canaveral
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves the hangar at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom receives the NASA Distin?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom receives the NASA Distin?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom receives the NASA Distinguished Service Medal from James E. Webb, NASA Administrator, right, during a news conference at Cape Canaveral

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom enters his Mercury space?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom enters his Mercury space?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom enters his Mercury spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7, at Cape Canaveral for a second attempt at his sub-orbital flight following the earlier cancellation due to bad weather

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves his quarters at C?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves his quarters at C?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom leaves his quarters at Cape Canaveral for a second attempt at his sub-orbital flight following the earlier cancellation due to bad weather, 21 July 1961. Date: 1961

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Alan Shepard Jr walks to Redstone launcher - Cape Canaveral

Alan Shepard Jr walks to Redstone launcher - Cape Canaveral
Alan Shepard Jr walks towards the Redstone launcher at Cape Canaveral prior to his successful 302mile suborbital lob on 5 May 1961. Date: 1961

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom beside his Mercury space?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom beside his Mercury space?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom beside his Mercury spacecraft, Liberty Bell 7, at Cape Canaveral for a second attempt at his sub-orbital flight following the earlier cancellation due to bad weather

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom approaches his Redstone ?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom approaches his Redstone ?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom approaches his Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather, 19 July 1961. Date: 1961

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to t?

Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to t?
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to the Mercury capsule at the top of the Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Chrysler Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM)

Chrysler Jupiter intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) launched on a test flight from Cape Canaveral on 27 February 1959. Date: 1959

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Ham - a 37-pound chimpanzee - Americas first astronaut

Ham - a 37-pound chimpanzee - Americas first astronaut
Ham - a 37-pound chimpanzee - became Americas first astronaut when he was launched from Cape Canaveral aboard the Mercury-Redstone (MR-2) suborbital flight on 31 January 1961

Background imageCanaveral Collection: An ICBM test launch - Air Force Missile Test Centre

An ICBM test launch - Air Force Missile Test Centre
A test launch from the Air Force Missile Test Centre at Cape Canaveral of a Convair Atlas ICBM

Background imageCanaveral Collection: A Convair Atlas B or C ICBM

A Convair Atlas B or C ICBM at the Air Force Missile Test Centre at Cape Canaveral. October 1958. Date: 1958

Background imageCanaveral Collection: Test launch of a Convair SM-65 Atlas A ICBM

Test launch of a Convair SM-65 Atlas A ICBM
Sequence of photos of a succseeful test launch from the Air Force Missile Test Centre at Cape Canaveral of a Convair SM-65 Atlas A ICBM. 10 January 1958. Date: 1958

Background imageCanaveral Collection: North American Navaho surface-to-surface missile

North American Navaho surface-to-surface missile is launched from Cape Canaveral. 1 March 1958. Poor quality photo. Date: 1958


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