Aerial view of Missile Atlas 52D Test code named Chain Smoke ready to take off from launch pad. Road next to the launch site. The missile takes off and begins its flight upward.
Missile Atlas 57F Test code named Crash Truck launches from the launch pad. Missile moves upward and explodes during the flight. Missile parts descend from the sky.
Missile Atlas 57F test code named Crash Truck launches from the launch pad. Smoke and fire rises as the missile takes off. Explosion in the sky during its flight. Missile part descends from sky. (Note: An electrical short in the missile programmer resulted in failure of the roll maneuver, preventing the Atlas from attaining the proper flight trajectory. The Range Safety destruct command was sent at T+57 seconds.)
View of Russian satellite Sputnik number 1, third stage rocket via Lumicon at 8 FPS (frames per second). The satellite passes over Baltimore, Maryland. The Lumicon is a closed circuit TV device that intensifies light by 10,000 to 40,000 times.
President John F Kennedy and party arrive at airfield in Huntsville, Alabama. The Aircraft boarding stairs, rolled next to Airplane door entrance. The Airplane taxis and takes off from the runway. President John F Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B Johnson greeted by Dr Wernher Von Braun and other dignitaries. President Kennedy speaks over microphone. President and party enter car and drive away.
President John F Kennedy and party arrive at George C Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. President Kennedy and party watch the test firing of Saturn Rocket booster. Presidential motorcade leaves test area.
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