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65 Years Ago, the First American Satellite Radically Reshaped the Space Race

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Explorer 1 was the first artificial satellite launched by the US in 1958. It was seen as a response to the launch of Sputnik by the Soviets. Explorer 1 helped convert the Jet Propulsion Laboratory from a classified missile think tank to a NASA facility that would later put landers and rovers on Mars.

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