Thirteen Rocket Launches

The early missiles were actually meant to go to Moscow, not to the moon.

  1. U.S. Army Photograph
    Printed in: 1949

    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Viking Missile

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    01
  2. Douglas Aircraft
    Printed in: 1962
    Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper.
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Nike Zeus missile

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    02
  3. U.S. Air Force photograph
    Printed in: 1958
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped on verso
    Atlas A. test

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    03
  4. U.S. Air Force photograph
    Printed in: 1958
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Atlas A. ICBM test.

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    04
  5. U.S. Army Photograph
    Printed in: 1958
    Color print on high gloss white Ansco safety film
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Jupiter missile

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    05
  6. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1965
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Atlas-Centaur 6 Launch

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    06
  7. U.S. Navy photograph
    Printed in: 1961
    Chromogenic print on fiber-based paper
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped on verso
    Polaris missile

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    07
  8. U.S. Air Force
    Printed in: 1970
    Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper.
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Sprint anti-ballistic missile

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    08
  9. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1959

    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    .

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    09
  10. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1960
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Launch of USAF Atlas ICBM.

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    10
  11. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1960
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Launch of USAF Atlas ICBM.

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    11
  12. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1958
    Color print on high gloss white Ansco safety film
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Early Atlas test

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    12
  1. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1959
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    no info
    Jupiter missile

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    13



  2. How does one deliver a nuclear warhead?
    In the early 1950s, this was a tricky and very secret matter. Navy, Army, Air Force, and later NASA were competing for solutions. The German rocket scientists, brought over by Operation Paperclip, all outright immoral Nazis, had a handful of ideas and a high work ethic. They figured it out, more or less.



  3. 01 – Viking missile, 1949
    02 – Nike Zeus missile, 1962
    03 – Atlas A. test, 1958
    04 – Douglas missile in flight, 1958
    05 – Jupiter missile, 1958
    06 – Atlas-Centaur 6 Launch, 1965
    07 – Polaris missile, 1962
    08 – Sprint anti-ballistic missile, 1970
    09 – Atlas missile, 1962
    10 – Atlas missile, 1962
    11 – Atlas missile, 1960
    12 – Atlas missile, 1957
    13 – Jupiter missile, 1959

  1. U.S. Army Photograph
    Printed in: 1949

    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Viking Missile

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    01
  2. Douglas Aircraft
    Printed in: 1962
    Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper.
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Nike Zeus missile

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    02
  3. U.S. Air Force photograph
    Printed in: 1958
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped on verso
    Atlas A. test

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    03
  4. U.S. Air Force photograph
    Printed in: 1958
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Atlas A. ICBM test.

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    04
  5. U.S. Army Photograph
    Printed in: 1958
    Color print on high gloss white Ansco safety film
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Jupiter missile

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    05
  6. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1965
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Atlas-Centaur 6 Launch

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    06
  1. U.S. Navy photograph
    Printed in: 1961
    Chromogenic print on fiber-based paper
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped on verso
    Polaris missile

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    07
  2. U.S. Air Force
    Printed in: 1970
    Vintage chromogenic print on fiber-based paper.
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Sprint anti-ballistic missile

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    08
  1. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1959

    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    .

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    09
  2. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1960
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Launch of USAF Atlas ICBM.

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    10
  3. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1960
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Launch of USAF Atlas ICBM.

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    11
  4. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1958
    Color print on high gloss white Ansco safety film
    20 x 25 cm
    Stamped and caption on verso
    Early Atlas test

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    12
  1. U.S. Air Force Photo
    Printed in: 1959
    Silver gelatin print
    20 x 25 cm
    no info
    Jupiter missile

    All rights reserved. 2025 Strangelove Collection
    13



  2. How does one deliver a nuclear warhead?
    In the early 1950s, this was a tricky and very secret matter. Navy, Army, Air Force, and later NASA were competing for solutions. The German rocket scientists, brought over by Operation Paperclip, all outright immoral Nazis, had a handful of ideas and a high work ethic. They figured it out, more or less.



  3. 01 – Viking missile, 1949
    02 – Nike Zeus missile, 1962
    03 – Atlas A. test, 1958
    04 – Douglas missile in flight, 1958
    05 – Jupiter missile, 1958
    06 – Atlas-Centaur 6 Launch, 1965
    07 – Polaris missile, 1962
    08 – Sprint anti-ballistic missile, 1970
    09 – Atlas missile, 1962
    10 – Atlas missile, 1962
    11 – Atlas missile, 1960
    12 – Atlas missile, 1957
    13 – Jupiter missile, 1959

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