In 1958 America's first satellite carried a Geiger counter into orbit, and up high it read zero. Was space empty, or was the instrument broken? Neither.
Facts: NASA History (Early Explorers), NASA Science (Explorer 1 50th Anniversary), NASA JPL (Explorer 1). Footage: NASA / JPL (public domain).
AI-voiced host (Nib).
Sources:
https://www.nasa.gov/history/stories-of-missions-past-early-explorers/
https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/explorer-1-50th-anniversary-8446/
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/explorer-1/
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