Talk:Explorer II
A fact from Explorer II appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 May 2013 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
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Some likely public domain images of Explorer I are available
[edit]The 'National Geographic Index 1947-1963' pages 30 and 31 have three photos of Explorer I that are credited to "LT. JAMES F. PHILLIPS AND M/SGT. G. B. GILBERT". I'm making the assumption that all three are public domain images as they are works of the U.S. Government employees during the course of their duties.
There is a wonderful article about both the Explorer I and Explorer II missions at https://stratocat.com.ar/artics/explorer-e.htm that also has the same three images found in the 'National Geographic Index 1947-1963' though all three are cropped in different ways. Ideally, the originals would be located:
- https://stratocat.com.ar/artics/imgs/explorer_failure_b.jpg
- https://stratocat.com.ar/artics/imgs/explorer_failure_c.jpg
- https://stratocat.com.ar/artics/imgs/explorer_failure_d.jpg
https://as.amphilsoc.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/426533 may have the original images and also says that the article "The two Explorer Stratosphere Balloon Flights" by Gregory Kennedy was published on 11/24/2016 though it does not say where it was published. --Marc Kupper|talk 07:16, 20 November 2024 (UTC)