the first rocket was sent into space on october 4, 1957.
when was the first rocket sent into space?
october 4, 1957
stephen smith, a secretary of the indian airmail society, combined his work with his interest in rocketry. his first launch was on 30 september 1934, and he experimented with 270 more by 4 december 1944. 80 of these contained mail, and his achievements include the first successful rocket mail sent over a river and the first rocket to carry a parcel. the oriental fireworks company supplied smith with 16 rockets between 23 march 1935 and 29 june 1935. between them, these "silver jubilee" flights carried over a thousand event covers. in 1992 the indian government issued a stamp to celebrate the centenary of smith's birth, calling him "the originator of rocket mail in india".
rocket mail
a wired press photograph entitled "rockets / russian rocket sent into outer space january 1959 (first rocket fired at moon)" describes how the sodium gas cloud was photographed by morris alan, the following text is taken verbatim from the reverse of a press photograph stamped kemsley newspapers 6 jan 1959.









































"the russian rocket on its way to the moon.
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