Pioneer 0 was a failed United States space probe that was designed to go into orbit around the Moon, carrying a television camera, a micrometeorite detector and a magnetometer. It was part of the first International Geophysical Year (IGY) science payload. It was designed and operated by the Air Force Ballistic Missile Division as the first spacecraft in the Pioneer program and was the first attempted launch beyond Earth orbit by any country, but the rocket failed shortly after launch. The probe was intended to be called Pioneer, but the launch failure precluded that name.
Reconstructed replica of Pioneer 1, identical to Pioneer 0
Space Systems Command (SSC) is the United States Space Force's space development, acquisition, launch, and logistics field command. It is headquartered at Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, and manages the United States' space launch ranges.
Space Systems Command
NASA Astronaut John Glenn was launched on the first U.S. orbital flight by an Air Force Ballistic Missile Division Atlas rocket on 20 February 1962.
The first, and only, test flight of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory occurred on 3 December 1966.
Launch of the ASM-135 ASAT missile.
