On January 16, 1978, NASA announces the first astronaut class in nine years, which included the first African Americans.
In this view, individual layers of haze can be distinguished in the upper atmosphere of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
This illustration shows the main characteristics of the Jupiter C launch vehicle and its payload, the Explorer I satellite.
Colorful swirling cloud belts dominate Jupiter’s southern hemisphere in this image captured by NASA’s Juno spacecraft.
This image is a cutaway illustration of the Explorer I satellite with callouts.
Jupiter-C Missile No. 27 assembly at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA), Redstone Arsenal, in Huntsville, Alabama.
Explorer I satellite installed atop the Jupiter-C launch vehicle.
Explorer 1 atop a Jupiter-C launch vehicle in gantry.
Jupiter-C launch vehicle shortly before the January 31, 1958 launch of America's first satellite, Explorer I.
Jupiter-C launch vehicle readied for launch at Cape Canaveral, Florida.
