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Sputnik: How One Beeping Satellite Started the Space Race Future of Space

Sputnik: How One Beeping Satellite Started the Space Race

August 23, 2026 0

A 184-pound metal sphere the size of a beach ball changed history in 1957. Here's how Sputnik actually launched the Space Race and created NASA.

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