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American History

Hokie

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2. I was a young tyke at the time but I recall seeing it on TV

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Dec 6, 2023, 10:04 AM

Dec 2023

I recall my Dad saying that we were failing because for some reason Ike wanted the Navy and Vanguard to launch the first satellite. After the embarrassing failures of Vanguard the government turned to Dr. Werner von Braun and the US Army Redstone Arsenal team. They eventually successfully launched Explorer 1 in late January of 1958. The rest as they say is history.

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On this day, December 6, 1957, America's first attempt at putting a satellite into orbit failed. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2023 OP

Kaputnik edbermac Dec 2023 #1

I was a young tyke at the time but I recall seeing it on TV Hokie Dec 2023 #2

Those were scary times, the USSR launcehed Sputnik and we doc03 Dec 2023 #3