Successful Pioneer IV

Clip: 356096_1_1

Year Shot: 1959 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1657

Original Film: 032-019-01

HD: N/A

Location: Florida

Timecode: 00:14:12 - 00:16:13

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Successful Pioneer IV "The first made-in-America planet, Pioneer IV clicks with perfect precision. It passed the moon and moved toward its permanent orbit around the sun. The 13.4-pound package of instruments passed within 37,000 miles of the lunar surface - forty-one hours after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida." Sign, "Army Ballistic Missile Agency." Launch pad. People, some wearing hard hats, make preparations for launch. Nighttime launch of the Juneau (?), which is carrying the Pioneer IV. Animated sequence shows the rocket in space progressing through other phases, and the payload proceeding on its way and past the moon.