Oct 22 1957

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Army Jupiter (IRBM) missile successfully fired at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Four-stage rocket fired from a balloon at 100,000 feet above Eniwetok, in Operation Far Side, penetrated at least 2,700 miles into outer space.