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Collection:
NASA Solarsystem Collection
title:
Pioneer I on the Launch Pad
description:
Thor-Able I with the Pioneer I spacecraft atop, prior to launch at Eastern Test Range at what is now Kennedy Space Center.

Pioneer I launched on October 11, 1958, the first spacecraft launched by the 11 day old National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Although it failed to reach the Moon it did transmit 43 hours of data.

*Image Credit*: NASA
date:
10.11.1958
keywords:
Solar System Exploration
keywords:
SSE
keywords:
Space
keywords:
NASA
keywords:
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
keywords:
JPL
keywords:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
keywords:
Planets
facet_what:
Moon
facet_what:
Pioneer
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where:
Kennedy Space Center (KSC)
facet_when:
October 11, 1958
facet_when:
10-11-1958
facet_when_year:
1958
UID:
SPD-SLRSY-1805
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Pioneer I on the Launch Pad