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Explorer 1 - 50th anniversary
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:25:33 -0800 (PST), in a place far, far away,
Matt made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that: Fifty years ago today, America's first satellite, Explorer 1, roared into space from Cape Canaveral atop a Jupiter C booster (a heavily modified Redstone missile with three solid-fuel upper stages). The satellite made the first measurements of cosmic radiation and led to the discovery, confirmed by Explorer 3, of the Van Allen radiation belts. A toast to the pioneers! Erika Lishock and I are proud of our contribution to chronicling this even in our book The First Space Race Texas A&M University Press, 2004) For a good collection of NASA and other links to all facets of this story, see today's NASAWatch (www.nasawatch.com) I have a piece up today on all of this week's space anniversaries, both triumphant and tragic. http://www.pajamasmedia.com/2008/02/...y_in_space.php |
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