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Some likely public domain images of Explorer I are available

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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://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)[reply]