First Launch From ‘The Cape’ Leads to 75 Years of Historic Triumphs
On a warm morning during the summer of 1950, 75 years ago, a small group of engineers and technicians launched a two-stage rocket from the east coast of Florida. The missile was the first to take flight from a new government installation called the Long Range Proving Ground. It was hardly noticed, but it was the first rocket launched from Cape Canaveral.