Where to Watch Explorer 1 The Beginning of the Space Age (2007)

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Released December 1st, 2007, 'Explorer 1 The Beginning of the Space Age' stars The movie has a runtime of about 53 min, and received a user score of (out of 100) on TMDb, which compiled reviews from top users.

Want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Explorer 1 is the second episode of Beginnings Of The Space Age The 60minute documentary reveals how JPL and the US Army could have been the first to place a satellite into Earth orbit had they only been given the chance That opportunity was lost when the Eisenhower administration unsure of what the Soviet reaction would be to a satellite launched in part by the US Army military hesitated and assigned the project to a civilianled program called Vanguard The Soviet Union launched Sputnik in October 1957 shocking the world and creating the Race for Space in the midst of the Cold War Only after the Vanguard rocket exploded on the launch pad were JPL and the US Army given its chance The result was Explorer 1 the first successful US satellite which also achieved the first space science results" .