American Space exploration 60 today!
With the launch of the first scientific instrument into space. (USA's first satellite after the success of Sputnik and Mutnik by the USSR) Sixty years ago, on January 31, 1958, the Explorer 1 was launched a loft a Juno-1 (a modified Jupiter-C) rocket. The Juno name derived from Von Braun wishing to make the satellite launch vehicle appear less weapon like. The Rocket has the lettering system designed to fool the soviets. Here is the key The test base was in Huntsville, Alabam