4.2K views · 135 reactions |  America’s Leap – The Explorer 1 Mission (1958)  Explorer 1: America’s First Step Into Space #nasa #NASA #astronomy #spaceexploration | Space Xplore | Facebook

This week, we’re celebrating Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite. Built by JPL, its Jan. 31, 1958, launch began 60 years of America in Space: https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/ #ExploreAsOne | NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

83K views · 1.5K reactions | Sixty years ago today, America’s first satellite – Explorer 1 – rocketed into space – kicking off an age of space science that continues. Learn more: https://explorer1.jpl.nasa.gov/ #ExploreAsOne | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Facebook