Tel Aviv, July 5: Israel today launched her first space rocket and put a sodium cloud into the ionosphere, 50 miles up over the Mediterranean coast. The launching of the arrow-shaped rocket was watched by the Prime Minister, Mr David Ben Gurion, at a secret base on the sea shore. It adds Israel to the “Club” of space-rocket nations — Britain, American, Russia, France, Italy and Japan. After the rocket had shot upwards, Mr Ben Gurion exclaimed: “This shows the ability of Israel’s scientists... it is all-Israeli made.”
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