Pioneer I Launch
Thor-Able
I with the Pioneer I spacecraft atop, prior to launch at Eastern Test
Range at what is now Kennedy Space Center.
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Pioneer I launched 54 years
ago on Oct. 11, 1958, the first spacecraft launched by the 11-day-old
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Although the
spacecraft failed to reach the Moon, it did transmit 43 hours of data.
Image Credit: NASA
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