Jul 11
Space Rocket History #20 – Tiros 1 and Echo 1 – The First Weather and Communications Satellites
Posted on July 11, 2013
“Who can say what contraption the future will bring?
There can be not a doubt, some more wonderful thing.
And if anyone ventures the future to scan,
Why indeed should it not be your old Weather Man?
Have you noticed how often in times that are pa...
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Tagged:Arpa, Arthur C Clarke, Bell Labs, Belmar, Cape Canaveral, Cape Kennedy, Delta, Echo, Eisenhower, Exploration, George Mindling, John Pierce, Kaena Point, Naca, Nasa, Satelloon, Thor Abel, Tiros, Vanguard
Posted on October 3, 2013
As part of the pre-Apollo preparations, NASA created the Ranger series of missions to take high-quality pictures of the Moon and transmit them back to Earth in real time…
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Tagged:17a, Able, Apollo, Ariel, Ariel 1, Att, Atlas, Atlas Agena, Bell Labs, Cape Canaveral, Echo 1, Exploration, Goddard, Goonhilly, History, Launch Complex, Lyman Alpha, Moon, Nasa, Rocket, Russia, Solar Cells, Solar Panels, Soviet, Space, Sputnik, Starfish, Telstar, Telstar 1, Thor Delta, Van Allen