NASA, in a press release on Friday, said it will air a 50 year retrospective of space craft, space travel and the space agency starting tomorrow on NASA TV. The show airs just ahead of the 50th anniversary of Sputnik the first craft put into orbit, by the Russians on October 4th, 1957. The Americans followed with the launch of their first satelite, Explorer I, on January 31, 1958 and NASA was born October 1, 1958.
The release says "NASA TV news feeds and a special interactive web presentation on www.nasa.gov will feature interview excerpts with former astronauts, engineers, scientists, flight directors and other NASA employees who offer historical perspectives on the Sputnik launch. Also provided will be file footage of Explorer I, the first satellite launched by the United States on Jan. 31, 1958, 3-D spacecraft models, and the subsequent announcement by NASA's first administrator T. Keith Glennan on the establishment of the agency on Oct. 1, 1958."
The release says "NASA TV news feeds and a special interactive web presentation on www.nasa.gov will feature interview excerpts with former astronauts, engineers, scientists, flight directors and other NASA employees who offer historical perspectives on the Sputnik launch. Also provided will be file footage of Explorer I, the first satellite launched by the United States on Jan. 31, 1958, 3-D spacecraft models, and the subsequent announcement by NASA's first administrator T. Keith Glennan on the establishment of the agency on Oct. 1, 1958."
