2016-0131-Happy-1stsatellite

The gang piles into the car as Pasco Pete launches out of Circle B Bar Reserve like Explorer 1 did from Cape Canaveral on January 31st, 1958,

It was today 58 years ago that Explorer I, the first U.S. earth satellite, was put into orbit around the earth after a successful launch from Cape Canaveral.
You can learn more by clicking here: http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/expinfo.html