Northridge's Little Mike lends name to sky spy rocket motors
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Creator
Woods, Jon
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Photograph article dated December 19, 1960 partially reads, "Little Mike Elzufon of Northridge hasn't hitched his wagon to a star, but his father did attach his name to a satellite to mark the first time that a space rocket has been christened. Five pairs of Little Mike rockets today are riding high aboard the orbiting Tiros II Sky Spy weather satellite and their job is to speed it up when it slows down. These bullet-sized rocket motors are built by the U.S. Flare Division of the Atlantic Research Corp. in Saugus. They manufacture various components for every major military missile built today." Pictured are Eugene E. Elzufon, 35, and his son, Mike. Both hold Tiros II rockets which carry the boy's name.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Artificial satellites--Propulsion systems Meteorological satellites--United States Fathers and sons--California--Los Angeles Boys--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles TIROS satellites Northridge (Los Angeles, Calif.) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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