The 1959 Jupiter Rocket on display here at the Virginia Museum of Transportation has gotten quite the facelift! The 67-foot tall, 22,000-pound rocket just received a fresh paint job for the first time since the 1960s and is surely something to see! There is so much fascinating history attached to this rocket and it has been a legendary landmark here in our hometown. Jupiter made headlining history in 1959 when it propelled two monkeys named Able and Baker into space, proving that living creature
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The 1959 Jupiter Rocket on display here at the Virginia Museum of Transportation has gotten quite the facelift! The 67-foot tall, 22,000-pound rocket just received a fresh paint
Virginia Museum of Transportation. . The 1959 Jupiter Rocket on display here at the Virginia Museum of Transportation has gotten quite the facelift! The 67-foot tall, 22,000-pound rocket just received a fresh paint job for the first time since the 1960s and is surely something to see! There is so much fascinating history attached to this rocket ...
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