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Three people—two men in suits and a woman in a tan sweater and scarf—recreate a famous historic pose by holding a full-scale model of the Explorer 1 satellite above their heads. They are seated behind a black-clothed table in a grand hall with stone walls and a tall wooden door. The woman in the center smiles broadly as they support the white and black cylindrical model, which features thin wire antennas and is being steadied by gloved hands at either end.

A Recreation of the Famous Explorer 1 Photo

JPL Director Michael Watkins; Susan G. Finley, who joined JPL as a human computer two days before Explorer 1 launched and still works there as a subsystem engineer for the Deep Space Network; and NASA Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen (left-right) recreate the famous Explorer 1 photo with an original model of the satellite ― and a little help from David Dworkin and Stephanie Stewart of the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, who are the only ones actually handling the historic artifact.

Image Credit: NASEM/Kevin Allen
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