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Russia marks Sputnik anniversary (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia on Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the tiny satellite whose crackly beeps launched the Space Race between the Cold War superpowers.

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and prematurely in June, 1997. A quick replacement satellite had to be built and launched. Freilich was NASA’s team leader for guiding the QuickScat construction and replacement , ( launch video ) launched in June, 1999 . QuickScat was

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Happy Sputnik Anniversary [The Intersection]
Fifty years ago today, the Soviet launch of Sputnik changed the United States forever–propelling science to the center of policymaking and launching a tradition of well-informed governance that, unfortunately, has since been in a …

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Sputnik’s Fiftieth Anniversary…
Way to go Russia?

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