On 7 January 1960, the Navy launched its first fully-guided flight of a Polaris missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It flew 900 miles. The missile in this photograph was tested a few months later in March. NHHC Photograph Collection.

On 7 January 1960, the Navy launched its first fully-guided flight of a Polaris missile at Cape Canaveral, Florida. It flew 900 miles. The missile in this photograph was tested a few months later in March. NHHC Photograph Collection.