Aug 12
Happy 50th Birthday to Echo 1, Grandpappy of Satellite Communications [Techversary]
Posted in: NASA, radio, satellite, space, Television, Today's Chili, top
Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Echo 1, history’s first passive satellite. NASA’s Echo mission began rather poorly. A test launch had exploded so brightly, so spectacularly, that it prompted frightened calls up and down the entire eastern seaboard. More »
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