A side-by-side of two museum-grade prints — specs, prices, and finish options compared so you can pick one, or hang both as a matched gallery pair.
| Attribute | Explorer 1 — NASA Heritage Collector | Explorer 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Country | United States | United States |
| Era | Space Race | Early space age · pre-TIROS Earth imaging |
| Lineage | First US satellite; Van Allen belt discovery | Explorer · Thor-Able · Goddard Space Flight Center · William Pickering, James Van Allen |
| From | $49 | $49 |
Four whip antennas and a stippled pencil body sharp enough to redraw the ionosphere — Explorer 1 earns rank-one Heritage Collector treatment because America's first orbital answer to Sputnik discovered radiation belts before most nations had a launch pad.
Four solar paddles, one coarse cloud photo over Mexico, and the moment Earth stopped being an abstraction — Explorer 6 earns rank 105 because the first orbital snapshot of our planet arrived a full year before TIROS turned weather into a daily broadcast.
Hung together at matching size, Explorer 1 — NASA Heritage Collector and Explorer 6 read as one collection. Pick your sizes and frames on each print.