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"Greetings from Outer Space - Huntsville, Ala."

Front: Greetings from Outer Space, Huntsville, Ala.
Back: JUPITER-C
left: U.S. Army JUPITER-C Missile. This rocket, developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala., was used to launch the free world's first scientific earth satellite, the EXPLORER.
Right: U.S. Army JUPITER Missile. The JUPITER Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile is being developed at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency, Huntsville. Ala. It is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead to a distance of 1500 nautical miles.

Alabama Post Card Co., Bessemer, Alabama

From the postcard collection of George and Peg Heeschen, The Southpaw, Huntsville, Alabama

This collection is digital only.

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