"Project Diana is often noted as the birth of the US space program, as well as that of radar astronomy. The project was the first demonstration that artificially-created signals could penetrate the ionosphere, opening the possibility of radio communications beyond the Earth for space probes and human explorers."
"Project Diana also established the practice of naming space projects after Roman gods and goddesses, like Mercury and Apollo." (READ MORE)
"Project Diana also established the practice of naming space projects after Roman gods and goddesses, like Mercury and Apollo." (READ MORE)