The true story behind the launch of Explorer 1
JAN 21, 2008
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021862
Los Angeles Times : On the night of Jan. 31, 1958 -- less than 90 days after JPL was given the go-ahead -- Explorer 1 lifted off the pad at Cape Canaveral in Florida.The story of JPL’s 90-day miracle became the stuff of scientific legend. “It’s an attractive story,” JPL historian Erik Conway told Los Angeles Times reporter John Johnson Jr. " The problem is, it’s not true. ”
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