Art by John Polgreen from “Man-Made Satellites” by Willy Ley. Poughkeepsie: Guild Press, (1957)
In the blockhouse at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida, the countdown proceeds for the firing of the first rocket of Project Vanguard carrying an artificial satellite. By the end of the International Geophysical Year in 1958, “the United States expects to fire at least half a dozen satellite-carrying rockets of the Vanguard type.” [Summarizing and Quoting from the text]
On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. On January 31, 1958, a US Army Jupiter-C rocket launched Explorer I, the first American satellite into Earth orbit.
Art by John Polgreen from “Man-Made Satellites” by Willy Ley. Poughkeepsie: Guild Press, (1957)
In the blockhouse at Patrick Air Force Base in Florida, the countdown proceeds for the firing of the first rocket of Project Vanguard carrying an artificial satellite. By the end of the International Geophysical Year in 1958, “the United States expects to fire at least half a dozen satellite-carrying rockets of the Vanguard type.” [Summarizing and Quoting from the text]
On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth. On January 31, 1958, a US Army Jupiter-C rocket launched Explorer I, the first American satellite into Earth orbit.