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Only a few days after America announced its intentions to send a probe into space, Russia announced its intention to launch an Earth satellite. Left to right: Vereschetin, Mr. Sannikov-Soviet State Security, Professor Kyrill F. Ogorodikov, Astronomy, Leningrad University, Leonid Ivanovich Sedov, Specialist in mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences. *Image Credit*: NASA History Office |
