Explorer 1 launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on Jan. 31, 1958. * Image: Courtesy of NASA * 1958: The United States enters the space age with the successful launch of the Explorer I satellite.

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This artifact is one of several ...

Explorer 1 was front-page news across the U.S. The first successful U.S. satellite was often called a "moon" or a "man-made moon" then. American journalist and anchorman Walter Cronkite uses models to ...

This image shows one of the Vanguard satellites being checked out at Cape Canaveral, Florida in 1958. Vanguard 1, the world’s first solar-powered satellite, launched on St. Patrick’s Day (March 17) ...

On Jan. 31, 1958, the U.S. Army made history when at 10:48 p.m. EST, the Army Ballistic Missile Agency launched a Jupiter C rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying America's first satellite.

Officially known as Satellite 1958 Alpha, Explorer I was the first United States satellite. Launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida at 10:48 EST on January 31, 1958, today is the 60 th anniversary of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This full-scale mock-up of the ...

IN a recent communication Munro 1 reported Australian observations of the radio signals from Satellite 1958 δ2 which led to the conclusion that the pulse modulation was absent when the Satellite was ...