Almanac: Missile mail

451 views · Published 8 June 2014 · 1:59 · Indexed 30 October 2026

Channel: CBS Sunday Morning · 2014 · News & Politics

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On June, 8 1959, an unmanned missile launched from a submarine delivered 3,000 pieces of U.S. mail to Mayport, Fla. As it turned out, that first test of "missile mail" was also the last. Lee Cowan reports.

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