On Jan. 31, 1958, the U.S. Army made history when at 10:48 p.m. EST, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency launched a Jupiter C rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying America's first satellite.
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- It's an ill wind that blows the top off a Huntsville legend, but that's what happened this week in NASA's rocket park on Redstone Arsenal. This display Jupiter C rocket lost its ...