Superman (Earth-One) details on the Earth-One Superman's origin and childhood/teenage years, see Superboy (Kal-El)." The Earth-One Superman's origin story was retold in various stories; the most prominent retellings were in "Superman" (volume 1) #146 (July 1961), "Limited Collectors' Edition" #C-31 (November–December 1974), and "Action Comics" #500 (October 1979). As recounted in these retellings, Superman was born Kal-El on the planet Krypton. Upon learning of Krypton's imminent destruction, his father Jor-El and mother Lara sent Kal-El in an experimental rocket to Earth moments before the planet exploded. Landing outside of the town of Smallville, Kal-El was found and adopted by an elderly farm
Aurora (fictional planet) Aurora at its height had a population of 200 million humans and 10 billion robots. The head of its planetary government was called the Chairman. The largest city on the planet was Eos (which also means "dawn"), the administrative and robotic center of Aurora, where Han Fastolfe and Gladia Solaria lived. The University of Eos and the Auroran Robotics Institute were both located within Eos. We see the planet at its height in "The Robots of Dawn". In "Prelude to Foundation", we learn that at least some of its inhabitants emigrated to Trantor, settling in the Mycogen Sector. The descendants