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Sputnik lands
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Sputnik lands
One of original Soviet satellites at Oshkosh museum
By MEG JONES
of the Journal Sentinel staff
Wednesday, June 27, 2001
Oshkosh -- It doesn't look like much -- mostly like a big silver
beach ball with antennas sticking out of it -- but the shiny object
hanging from the ceiling at the EAA AirVenture Museum was the start
of the Space Age.
Sputnik I, the first satellite the Soviets sent into space,
signaled the beginning of the space race wh...
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