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Explorers Program

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History of NASA's Explorers Program

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NASA Explorers S4 E1: Orbiting Laboratory

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Explorer 1: How America's First Satellite Helped Create NASA

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NASA Explorers S4 E3: Training the Astronauts

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Explorers Wanted: NASA to Hire More New Artemis Generation Astronauts

The Explorers Program is a United States space exploration program that provides flight opportunities for physics, geophysics, heliophysics, and astrophysics investigations from space. Launched in 1958, Explorer 1 was USA's first spacecraft to achieve orbit. Over 90 space missions have been launched since. Starting with Explorer 6, it has been operated by NASA, with regular collaboration with a variety of other institutions, including many international partners.
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