Date in year · 1957 · The 1950s
On December 17, 1957, the United States successfully launches the first Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. Mukesh Ambani, Hervé Le Tellier, Herbert Wetterauer would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 17, 1957
The SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family. S. Air Force by the Convair Division of General Dynamics at an assembly plant located in Kearny Mesa, San Diego.
Around 1957
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1957th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 957th year of the 2nd millennium, the 57th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1950s decade.
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First operational American intercontinental ballistic missile
The SM-65 Atlas was the first operational intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the United States and the first member of the Atlas rocket family. S. Air Force by the Convair Division of General Dynamics at an assembly plant located in Kearny Mesa, San Diego.
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