| Rocket to the Moon (Mechanix Illustrated, Sept. 1945) | |||||||||||||
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Ship No. 1, containing the passengers, leaves Ship No. 2 at altitude of 1,200 miles above Kansas. Pacific Coast is visible from San Diego to Puget Sound. |
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The rocket ship stands on its launching rack ready for its journey through space. |
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We are 35,000 miles from the earth. Constellation of Orion is at left, Pleiades at upper right. Space ship at lower right is 1/2 mile away. |
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