Explorer 1 — JPL and the Beginnings of the Space Age
June 17, 2008
JPL designed and built — and, in cooperation with the Army, launched — Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite and the first spacecraft ever to return scientific data from space.
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Environment, Technology Internet, NASA, Explorer program, Spacecraft, United States, Army, Deep Space Network, Explorer 3, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Explorer 1, Space exploration