Discoverer 13 capsule recovery a 1st...
Item # 693791
August 12, 1960
LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Mass., Aug. 12, 1960
* Discoverer 13 XIII satellite
* First capsule successful recovery
* Very 1st man made object retrieved from space
The front page has a banner headline: "U. S. Rockets Huge Balloon Into Space Orbit" with subhead. Also a three column heading: "U. S. Space Capsule Returned to Earth" with lead-in: "Plucked From Ocean" (see) First report coverage on the very first recovery of a man-made object from space, beating the Soviet Korabl Sputnik 2 by nine days.
Complete with all 10 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally in very nice condition.
* Discoverer 13 XIII satellite
* First capsule successful recovery
* Very 1st man made object retrieved from space
The front page has a banner headline: "U. S. Rockets Huge Balloon Into Space Orbit" with subhead. Also a three column heading: "U. S. Space Capsule Returned to Earth" with lead-in: "Plucked From Ocean" (see) First report coverage on the very first recovery of a man-made object from space, beating the Soviet Korabl Sputnik 2 by nine days.
Complete with all 10 pages, light toning at the margins, minor spine wear, generally in very nice condition.
Category: The 20th Century
