On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and with it, the space age. By today’s standards Sputnik wasn’t much of a satellite. It was the about the size of a beach ball, weighed under 200 lbs, and orbited for just 22 days, sending out its continual “beeps†[...]
On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, and with it, the space age. By today’s standards Sputnik wasn’t much of a satellite. It was the about the size of a beach ball, weighed under 200 lbs, and orbited for just 22 days, sending out its continual “beeps†[...]
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