Technicians lowered the Explorer 1 satellite payload onto
the launch vehicle’s fourth stage motor. The photo was
taken in the gantry at Launch Complex 26, Patrick Air
Force Base, Florida, on January 20, 1958. Photo courtesy
NASA/JPL-Caltech.

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