There had been liquid-fueled rocket launches since 1926 -- and most, it seems, had been photographed. The larger image is of the launch of the first rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., called Bumper 2, under the direction of the General Electric Company, in July 1950. Seven years later, Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik (inset), and space exploration -- and space photography -- entered a new era.
(Photo: NASA)
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