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Star Talk: 50 years ago this week, U.S. provided answer to Sputnik

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Richard Monda

Three months ago, the space science community marked the 50th anniversary of the first man-made object to orbit Earth, the Russian Sputnik I. On Jan. 31, we observe the 50th anniversary of the U.S. response to this Soviet triumph: the day the space race took hold....

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