h3 { /* Header 3 */ font-size: 0px; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; color: DarkBlue; } body { text-align: justify} In August 1959, NASA satellite Explorer 6 was launched. Its purpose was to study Earth’s magnetosphere and follow up on the research of Van Allen radiation belts which were discovered by a previous satellite from the same program - Explorer 1. Explorer 6 was the first satellite that captured a crude picture of Earth’s surface, starting a revolution in how we see and perceive the Earth. [Read More]