The three NASA/USAF lunar probes of August 17, October 13, and November 8, 1958 are described. Details of the program, the vehicles, the payloads, the firings, the tracking, and the results are presented. Principal result was the first experimental verification of a confined radiation zone of the type postulated by Van Allen and others.
1958 NASA/USAF Space Probes (ABLE-1)
1959-06-01
Miscellaneous
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English
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