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Secrets Of 1957 Sputnik Launch Revealed

Published Online: October 02, 2007

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AP | 2007-10-01

When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.

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