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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection
Title:
Sputnik: Traveling Companion Title Sputnik: Traveling Companion Title
Explanation:
Sputnik means [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] "traveling companion". Despite the innocuous sounding name, the launch [ http://www.nytimes.…launch.1.jpg.html ] of the Earth's first "artificial moon", Sputnik 1 [ http://www.nytimes.…], by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 shocked the free world, setting in motion events which resulted in the creation of NASA [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and the race to the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Sputnik 1 [ http://whyfiles.org…] was a 184 pound, 22 inch diameter sphere with four whip antennas connected to battery powered transmitters. The transmitters broadcast a continuous "beeping" signal to an astounded [ http://www.sciam.co…hall1.html ] earthbound audience for 23 days. A short month later, on November 3, the Soviet Union followed this success by launching a dog [ http://ham.spa.umn.…] into orbit aboard Sputnik 2 [ http://asca.gsfc.na…]. Explanation Sputnik means [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] "traveling companion". Despite the innocuous sounding name, the launch [ http://www.nytimes.…launch.1.jpg.html ] of the Earth's first "artificial moon", Sputnik 1 [ http://www.nytimes.…], by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 shocked the free world, setting in motion events which resulted in the creation of NASA [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and the race to the Moon [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…]. Sputnik 1 [ http://whyfiles.org…] was a 184 pound, 22 inch diameter sphere with four whip antennas connected to battery powered transmitters. The transmitters broadcast a continuous "beeping" signal to an astounded [ http://www.sciam.co…hall1.html ] earthbound audience for 23 days. A short month later, on November 3, the Soviet Union followed this success by launching a dog [ http://ham.spa.umn.…] into orbit aboard Sputnik 2 [ http://asca.gsfc.na…]. Explanation
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Courtesy NASA History Office [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] Credit_and_Copyright Courtesy NASA History Office [ http://www.hq.nasa.…] Credit and Copyright
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satellite keyword satellite keyword
keyword:
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Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) facet_where Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) facet_where
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Earth facet_what Earth facet_what
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original url:
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UID:
SPD-APOD-ap001007 UID SPD-APOD-ap001007 UID

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