Vanguard satellite damaged in rocket explosion in December 1957 on display at the National Air & Space Museum,Washington DC. It carried the first solar cells used on a satellite (behind the cracked window). Soviet Premier Khrushchev nicknamed Vanguard 'The Grapfruit' because of its small size (16cm diameter) | |
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Crédit: | Science Photo Library / Williamson, Mark |
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