The United States became a spacefaring nation 60 years ago today. On Jan. 31, 1958, the nation launched its first successful satellite — Explorer 1, which rode to Earth orbit atop a Jupiter-C rocket ...

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 ...

On March 26, 1958, the United States launched its third satellite into space. Explorer 3 was almost identical to Explorer 1, which was the first satellite the U.S. ever launched. Explorer 3 launched ...

The United States Army launched Explorer 3, its second successful satellite launch in the Explorer program, on March 26, 1958. Explorer 1’s major accomplishment was the discovery of the Van Allen ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Most of us weren't around to witness the launch of the United States' first successful satellite, ...

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Explorer 1 was the first successful satellite launched by the United States. It was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) under the direction of Dr. William Pickering. They ...

ESA’s Earth Observation Programme Board has selected ‘Biomass’ to become the seventh Earth Explorer mission. The innovative satellite aims to map and monitor one of Earth’s most precious resources.

The European Space Agency hopes to launch a new Earth Explorer satellite in 2020 that will map the extent and composition of the world’s forests. The satellite — called BIOMASS — will use long range ...

Flight International online news 09:30GMT: Earth observation satellite CryoSat has arrived at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow, Russia in preparation for its launch on 8 October ...