Aerobee

5 Oct
2024
October 5, 2024

First Pictures: Color View of the Earth & A Tropical Depression from Space – October 5, 1954

While today we are inundated with color images of the Earth, our earliest views from space were confined to monochromatic or black and white images (see […]
Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing Instruments, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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6 Dec
2017
December 6, 2017

Vanguard TV-3: America’s First Satellite Launch Attempt

The launching of the first two Sputniks was a terrible blow to America’s self-image of technical preeminence that had developed in the years following World War […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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16 Oct
2017
October 16, 2017

Fritz Zwicky’s Solar Orbiting Pellets

The world’s unexpected reaction to the launching of Sputnik on October 4, 1957 proved to be of immense propaganda value to the Soviet Union (see “Sputnik: […]
Rockets & Propulsion, Spaceflight, Unmanned Spaceflight
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