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Tuesday, 2nd October 2007

Resources: Launch of Sputnik (50th Anniversary), Listen to Sputnik, Archived Newspapers Stories (Free), and More

Launch of Sputnik I and Start of the "Space Race": 50th Anniversary (Oct. 4)
A compilation of stats from the U.S. Census. Numbers include:
+ 172 million
The estimated U.S. population in 1957. Today, our nation’s population is an estimated 303 million.
+ 110,000
Number of aerospace engineers in 2006.
+ $24.5 billion
The value of goods traded between the United States and Russia in 2006.

See Also: SpaceProgramArchive.org
Search and archive containing 50K full-text and full image articles about the space program. Use the timeline to go directly to a few articles from October 4, 1957. Btw, NewspaperArchive.com offers numerous subject collections and a very useful "this day in history" update. Both services are free.

See Also: New Science Reference Guide: 1957-2007 Sputnik and the Space Race (via Library of Congress)

See Also: Sputnik: The Fiftieth Anniversary (via NASA)
Includes audio file to "listen to" Sputnik
"Telemetry from Sputnik I as it passed overhead."

See Also: IEEE Spectrum's special report: Remembering Sputnik, 50 Years Later

UPDATE: Google's Sputnik 50th Anniversary Logo


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