
Other Explorer 1 Web sites:
+ Explorer 1 Page, NASA History Division
+ JPL Explorer 1 Page
+ Why We Explore
AV:
Sputnik Video - (~2 minute video on events leading to launch of Explorer I. Contains Captions.)
+ The Davidson Center for Space Exploration in Huntsville, AL has a site devoted to this anniversary (http://www.us50thspace.com/) and is planning a series of events to commemorate the anniversary (http://www.us50thspace.com/50th-celebration/calendar.html).
+ JPL is sponsoring a conference for educators on the 50th anniversary of Explorer 1 on Jan. 26-28, 2008. For more information, please see http://education.jpl.nasa.gov/events.html online.
William H. Pickering: America’s Deep Space Pioneer (NASA SP-2007-4113) by Douglas J. Mudgway. This book is available for public sale and is also available at http://history.nasa.gov/sp4113.pdf online. This book won the prestigious 2007 AIAA History Manuscript award.
Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War by Michael J. Neufeld (Knopf, 2007).
James Van Allen: The First Eight Billion Miles by Abigail Foerstner (University of Iowa Press, 2007).
31 Jan. 1958 – Explorer I was the first United States Earth satellite and was sent aloft as part of the United States program for the International Geophysical Year 1957-1958.
Image: Great Images in NASA Image
Caption: Great Images in NASA Website