The last 60 years of the Earth – view from space

2018-02-01 16:15

The last 60 years of the Earth – view from space
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31 January 2018 marks the 60th anniversary of the launch of the space супутникаExplorer-1, respectively, and 60 years of study of the Earth from space, reports Rus.Media.

On this occasion, the space Agency NASA has published on Facebook a visualization of the mission, “Explorer 1” in 1958, as well as data on the land before the end of 2017.

In video contains missions that are performed under the auspices of NASA and projects cooperating with the Agency. “Explorer 1” is the first American artificial satellite of the Earth. Launched during the International geophysical year on 1 February 1958. Data from “Explorer-1” had ceased 23 may 1958, because he had run out of battery.

After that the satellite was in space 12 years, and de-orbited over the Pacific ocean on March 31, 1970. He made more than 58 thousand revolutions around the Earth. Now, NASA has begun a new research project in which they plan to use artificial intelligence to the blockchain and intelligent systems unmanned spacecraft.