Jupiter Check & Launch, Cape Canaveral, 05-06Dec58

Jupiter Check & Launch, Cape Canaveral, 05-06Dec58 VS test 2907 of Jupiter AM-11 missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida, 05-06Dec58. LS crane raises boxes onto tall scaffold alongside gantry in early morning light. VS microwave antennas, aerometer. Men on fuel trucks; attaching hoses to missile. 08:55:37 MS Pioneer 3 payload (4th stage) is driven up to base of gantry in pickup truck. CUs. Man attaching flexible pipe w/ duct tape. 08:56:57 Man at instrument to measure alignment. 08:57:30 VS Dr. Wernher Von Braun and other officials chat together - dusk. 08:59:46 Night Shot, shroud (nose cover or final stage) is hoisted up gantry; night CU, General J.B. Medaris Poor exposure. 09:01:29 Night LS Jupiter missile blasts off. 09:01:47 MCU hangar interiors. Technicians check nose cone. Cold War; Space Race; Juno 2;