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  • researchers took a break during their rocket engine experiments in 1936

    › Rocket Boys

  • Corporal missile, which overshadowed a model of the much smaller Private

    › Missile Development

  • all-female computer team

    › JPL Computers

  • JPL car club, 1952

    › Car Club, 1952

  • preliminary satellite tracking tests

    › JPL Ground Antenna

  • in 1949, the Bumper-WAC became the first human-made object to enter space

    › First to Enter Space

  • JPL team works on complex pieces of Explorer 1

    › Prepping Explorer

  • launch of Explorer 1

    › Launch of Explorer

  • Explorer 1 held aloft at briefing announcing its success

    › Launch Night Success

  • Explorer 1

    › Explorer 1

  • William Pickering

    › The Director: William Pickering

  • James Van Allen

    › The Scientist: James Van Allen

  • Army General John Medaris

    › Army Man: Gen. John Medaris

  • Wernher von Braun, President Kennedy

    › Rocket Man: Wernher von Braun

  • Frank Malina

    › Rocket Developer: Frank Malina

  • Explorer 1 spacecraft

    › Explorer  →

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