Wall News poster No. 55, Explorer satellite (Farsi, distributed in Tehran)
A landscape Farsi wall newspaper, 'Progress of Iran' No. 55, on the U.S. Army Jupiter rocket and the Explorer satellite. It shows the rocket marked 'US ARMY', a globe with a signal path, portraits of Vice President Nixon and President Eisenhower signing a paper, and quoted press and political statements that the satellite serves all peoples and peaceful space use. The tell is testimonial (Nixon's quoted statement, a Manila newspaper quoted) and glittering generalities ('peaceful purposes') used to frame the launch.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- February 27, 1958
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Science and technology, Media and information
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, February 27, 1958. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6948870, 306-PPB-53k).
Text on the object
پیشرفت ایران ریچارد نیکسون معاون رئیس جمهوری امریکا: "پرتاب ماه مصنوعی امریکا نشان می‌دهد که پیشنهاد رئیس جمهوری در مورد استفاده از فضای ماورا جو برای مقاصد صلح جویانه کاملا منطقی و خردمندانه است. امریکا پرتاب ماه مصنوعی را نه برای خودنمایی و فخرفروشی بلکه فقط برای تأمین منافع عموم مردم جهان بفضا پرتاب کرده است." علامات رادیویی که اطلاعات ماورا جو را در اختیار جهانیان می‌گذارد مندرجات مطبوعات جهان درباره ماه مصنوعی امریکا روزنامه مانیلا ایوینینگ نیوز می‌نویسد: "موفقیت امریکا در پرتاب ماه مصنوعی نشانه بازی از پیشرفت دنیای آزاد و رشد علوم است." موشک ژوپیتر حامل ماه مصنوعی اکسپلورر امریکا US ARMY من پیشنهاد می‌کنم موافقت کنیم که فضای ماورا را، جو تنها برای مقاصد صلح جویانه مورد استفاده قرار گیرد ...." شماره ٥٥، این نشریه هر دو هفته یکبار انتشار می‌یابد
Progress of Iran Richard Nixon, Vice President of the United States: "The launch of the American satellite shows that the President's proposal on the use of outer space for peaceful purposes is entirely logical and wise. America launched the satellite into space not for show or boasting but only to secure the interests of all the people of the world." The radio signals that place information about outer space at the disposal of the world's people Contents of the world press about the American satellite The Manila Evening News writes: "America's success in launching the satellite is a sign of the progress of the free world and the growth of science." The Jupiter rocket, carrier of the American Explorer satellite US ARMY "I propose that we agree that outer space be used only for peaceful purposes ...." No. 55. This bulletin is published every two weeks.
Small cursive Persian type; some words and numerals are read with uncertainty and the translation is approximate in those places. The newspaper's name is read as 'Manila Evening News' from the Persian transliteration; the rocket also bears 'ABMA JPL' in Latin letters, and the handwriting on the paper in the Eisenhower photograph is a calligraphic headline that is not fully legible.
