 The first recovery of film from a CORONA vehicle occurred with the launching of DISCOVERER on 19 February 1960, but in a manner such that no one boasted of it.The THOR booster rocket began to fishtail not long after it left the launch pad and was destroyed by the range safety officer at 56 seconds after lift-off.The payload came down about 1 600 meters from Pad 5, was located by helicopter, and the recovery was made by a crew that rode to the scene by Jeep.