CAPE CANAVERAL, USA - 10 July 1962 - A Thor/Delta launches the Telstar 1 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex

CAPE CANAVERAL, USA - 10 July 1962 - A Thor/Delta launches the Telstar 1 satellite from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 17B, July 10, 1962. 'We were pretty excited when it worked. Today you expect things to work. Back then, we 'hoped' it would work,' said John Neilon, NASA's deputy launch director for the Telstar Mission. It was the satellite that allowed the first live broadcast of television images between the United States and Europe. It remained active for only 7 months, a much shorter service life than today's artificial satellites. Although it no longer works, it is still in the orbit of the Earth - Picture by Atlas Photo Archive/NASA