1961 Press Photo Dr Richard Kershner of Transit navigation satellite program

Dr Richard Kershner today at a news conference in suburban Silver Spring, Md, discusses the orbit of the doubleheader satellite launched from Cape Canaveral, Fla, last night. Kershner, project manager for the transit navigation satellite program, points to a device used in tracking the course of the satellite. At the time this picture was made it was over the Indian ocean.

Photo measures 8.5 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 02-22-1961.



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