Sujet

First Polaris Missile Launch

Légende

Cape Canaveral, Florida: July 21, 1960 The first Polaris missiles are launched from the USS George Washington, the first of the nation's nuclear powered missile launching submarines, in the Atlantic Ocean about 30 miles off Cape Canaveral. The Polaris missile is a two-stage, solid-fuel, nuclear-armed, submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) built by the Lockheed Corporation.

Date

21 juil. 1960

Crédit

Photo12/Universal Images Group

Notre référence

UMG24A16_053

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

51,7Mo (928,0Ko) / 31,9cm x 40,6cm / 3762 x 4800 (300dpi)

Mots clés

water 21st July 1950s 1960 1960s Archival Atlantic ocean Ballistic Missile black and white Cape Canaveral Complexity day Florida flying horizon over water Launch Pad Launch Vehicle leaving Lockheed Corporation Missile motion no people Nuclear Missile nuclear weapons outdoors photography Polaris Polaris missile Polaris Submarine preparation Rocketship sea sixties sky SLBM smoke SSBN - 598 Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile success Taking Off - Activity technology U.S. Navy United States United States Navy Us Military US Navy USA USS George Washington vertical water