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an online exhibit by
JPL Library, Archives, & Records

 
 

Gallery of William H. Pickering

   
 
Pickering, Van Allen and Von Braun with Explorer I
  
 
William Pickering, James Van Allen, and Wernher von Braun hold up a model of Explorer 1 at an early-morning news conference, several hours after the announcement that it had become the first American satellite to achieve Earth orbit.
 

Archival Holdings:  
 

JPL Oral History Collection
Pickering, William H. 08/20/68 Interview
Pickering, William H. 06/08/72 Interview
Pickering, William H. ca. 1972 Interview
Pickering, William H. 08/28/72 Interview
Pickering, William H. 11/25/75 Interview
Pickering, William H. 10/20/89 Interview

JPL Processed Collections
Pickering (William H.) Committee Organizations Collection, 1962-1970, JPL140
Pickering (William H.) Office File Collection, 1955-1976, JPL186
Pickering (William H.) Publications Collection, 1932-1971, JPL133
Pickering (William H.) Records, Feb 1970 - Mar 1989, JPL3
Pickering (William H.) Speech Collection, 1955-1975, JPL181
Pickering (William H.) Speech Reference Collection, 1959-1974, JPL187

California Institute of Technology Institute Archives
Mail Code 015A-74 Pasadena, California 91125 (626) 395-2704

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