Explorer 1, 1957 [photograph].

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Explorer 1, 1957 [photograph].

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JPL engineers grouped around Explorer satellite payload no. 1 (Life magazine), 2 December 1957 [Description from photo index.]. Explorer 1 was the first American earth-orbiting satellite, launched on January 31, 1958 -- approximately 3 months after the Russians launched Sputnik. It was a joint project of the California Institute of Technology Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the Army Ballistic Missile Agency in Huntsville, Alabama. In early December 1957, JPL engineers gathered around a mock-up of the satellite and its fourth stage booster. This was one of a series of photographs taken for Life magazine.2.

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