• Sputnik Model in the <em>Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall</em>
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    Sputnik, launched by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) on October 4, 1957, marked a simple, yet profound event in history: the placement of the first human-made satellite into Earth orbit.

  • Sputnik Model in the <em>Boeing Milestones of Flight Hall</em>

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2006

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Eric Long

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NASM 2006-25353

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Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

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