An original 8x10" vintage photo from a very large collection of original NASA press photographs that originated from the Apollo 1 Foundation. A NASA employee had originally donated his collection to the foundation. This archive included some images with multiple copies. Most images in this series are in very good condition. Professionally packaged in a rigid mailer for safe delivery.

Photo Overview

A vivid 8x10 inch color photograph showing a U.S. Army Pershing solid-fuel ballistic missile roaring skyward from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida, circa 1965. The camera captures the moment of first-stage burn with a brilliant exhaust flare, a towering plume of white and rose-colored smoke, and a perfect toroidal shock ring hanging high overhead. Part of the red service tower is visible at lower left, while the flat Atlantic coast landscape stretches across the horizon beneath a cloud-free sky.

Deployed in Europe as a key element of America’s Cold War deterrent, the Pershing program pushed solid-propellant and guidance technology that later benefited NASA launch vehicles. Very few non-government color prints of test shots were released; collectors prize images that capture rare phenomena such as the shock ring seen here. Own a dramatic slice of 1960s rocketry history today—originals like this trade quickly, so act now before it’s gone.

Text Present

Back, graphite:
E1
30 n + 34 v
8 sec c 8
2t

Print analysis: Printed on “A Kodak Paper” water-marked resin-coated stock used mid-1960s; no later reprint codes or bar-numbers. Color saturation and edge toning are consistent with an in-house range-print made within months of launch, classifying it as a Type 1 original photograph.

Condition: In very good to excellent vintage condition. Photos in this archive have been well taken care of. Please see scans of the image we have provided for the most accurate and complete state of the photo.