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Forum:Early Space
Topic:[Video] Vanguard 1 launch with audio (3/17/1958)
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ilbassoI love the repeated exhortations "Keep goin', boy!" and "Keep goin', baby!" you hear in the background!
Richard EastonMy dad recently told me that they'd all been up all night and were exhausted by the time of launch.
art540Thanks for the video, Richard. Never heard the blockhouse commentary before. It seems like the time of umbilical drop/ignition to full thrust and lift off was 5 seconds. You can see the roll jets on the first stage come on just after liftoff.

I came home from school on that Monday and the afternoon newspaper headline read: VANGUARD HITS SPACE ROAD.

Many thanks!

Charles Boyer
quote:
Originally posted by Richard Easton:
My dad recently told me that they'd all been up all night and were exhausted by the time of launch.

My grandfather's description was "puckered up." He was one of the telemetry guys for that particular flight.

Richard EastonCharles, what was your grandfather's name? I would like to forward it to Vanguardians.

dwmzmmWow, great video! The only Vanguard clips I've seen is the very first one (that falls
back and explodes on the pad). The Vanguard does have a very graceful, fluid motion as it's moving through the atmosphere.
Charles BoyerV. L. Pinson Sr., Richard.

He was at MILA and then the Cape from 1954-1969.

rafefourThank you for the video and audio blockhouse commentary.

I was a senior in high school and only ever saw Vanguard failures. I am happy to know, at last,the success of the rocket and the work of the engineers.

It is still exciting to see and experience.

art540As Time magazine wrote so aptly one week later: "Vanguard's farewell roar reverberated across the Cape".
Richard EastonHappy 56th birthday to Vanguard 1.
HeadshotWhat a great video! I still have my Geobra Vanguard model from the late '50s. I thought the inside of the rocket was sooo complicated! Thanks for posting the video.
Richard EastonHappy 57th to Vanguard 1, the first satellite to carry solar cells. I'm wearing the red coat in the first six seconds of this video (that's the Vanguard 1 a week or two before its launch).

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