Oct 13 1960
From The Space Library
USAF Atlas launched at AMR placed nose cone containing three black mice 650 miles up and 5,000 miles downrange at 17,000 mph. Nose cone was recovered in target area near Ascension Island, the three mice surviving the flight in "good condition."
Transmitter of EXPLORER VII failed to stop as programed.
Camera mounted in nose of Atlas photographed stars at 700-mile altitude, providing first color picture of the earth from 600-mile altitude.
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