July 10, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the launch of Telestar-1 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.  The launch of Telestar-1 allowed the first live television transmissions two weeks later on July 23, 1962, which were live television pictures of the Eiffel Tower and the Statue of Liberty.  The National Air and Space Museum’s Space History and Education divisions, in association [...]