1960 Press Photo The Air Forces launches a Blue Scout Junior rocket, Florida

The Air Forces launches a Blue Scout Junior rocket, Florida. The Air Force launched this Blue Scout Junior rocket with a radiation study payload toward deep space today. The payload was to reach its intended 24,500-mile altitude 5 hours and 5 minutes after launch. Sources of the experiment could be a vital step in a long-range program designed to detect an enemy firing of an atomic or hydrogen bomb high above the atmosphere.

Photo is dated 1960.

Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches.