Explorer 1 60th Anniversary
During a ceremony at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Space launch Complex 26 a historical marker has been unveiled noting the launch of America's first satellite, Explorer 1. The satellite was launched atop a Jupiter C rocket on Jan. 31, 1958. During operation, the satellite's cosmic ray detector discovered radiation belts around Earth which were named for Dr. James Van Allen, principal investigator for the satellite.
- Date
- 2018-01-31
- Photographer / author
- NASA/Kim Shiflett
- Collection
- KSC
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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