The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, June 27th, 2001
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 when it was rocketed into the atmosphere in 1957. The Soviets manufactured at least five Sputnik I satellites so there would be spares in ca...
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