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SATTELLITE LAUNCHED ON THIS DAY IN 1959

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From the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida,
the U.S. unmanned spacecraft Explorer 6 was launched into
an orbit around the earth. The spacecraft, commonly known
as the “Paddlewheel” satellite, featured a photocell scanner
that transmitted a crude picture of the earth’s surface and
cloud
cover from a distance of 17,000 miles. The photo,
received in
Hawaii, took nearly 40 minutes to transmit.

Released by NASA in September, the first photograph ever
taken of the earth by a U.S. satellite (below) depicted a
crescent shape of part of the planet in sunlight. It was
Mexico
, captured by Explorer 6 as it raced westward over
the earth at speeds in
excess of 20,000 miles an hour. 

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First satellite image of the Earth from space, taken by
Explorer 6 in 1959.

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Explorer 6 Satellite (Reconstructed Replica) at the National Space Museum.

 


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REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

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Earth Day is an annual event  to demonstrate support for
environmental protection. First held on April 22, 1970, it
now includes a wide range of events coordinated globally
by EarthDay.org (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1
billion people in more than 193 countries.

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The official theme for 2022.

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AMERICAN ORBITED EARTH ON THIS DAY

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From Cape Canaveral, Florida,
John Herschel Glenn Jr. was
successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7
spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut
on this day in 1962.

Glenn, a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, was
among the seven men chosen by the National Aeronautics
and Space Administration (NASA) in 1959 to become
America’s first astronauts.

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