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Press Photo Project Vanguard Test Sphere

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Caption: (COC1)Cocoa Beach,Fla.,Dec.3--YOUTH SEES TEST SPHERE--Eleven-year-old Kipp Heintzelman of Patrick Air Force Base get's a close look and explanation of a flight test sphere today from Dr. Paul Walsh, deputy director of the Vanguard project. Kipp got the chance for a close look at the sphere at a news briefing today. An identical test sphere will be placed in the Vanguard rocket which is expected to be launched tomorrow and may become a satelite. (AP Wirephoto)(hlv31740stf)1957.

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