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elleng

(140,927 posts) Sat Oct 4, 2025, 12:34 AM 8 hrs ago

68 years ago today SPUTNIK [View all]

launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, which started the Space Race.

(ALSO date my family and I left for our first trip to Europe, beginning lives of great adventures!!!)

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68 years ago today SPUTNIK [View all] elleng 8 hrs ago OP

What a thing that was. I was 9 when it happened, and later that year we moved to O'ahu... Hekate 8 hrs ago #1

And also encouraged many young pupils to pursue science question everything 7 hrs ago #2

Every travel is an adventure, I'm glad you had a early experience Shellback Squid 7 hrs ago #3

I saw Sputnik and many other Soviet space replicas when I visited Moscow in the mid '80s Rhiannon12866 6 hrs ago #4

Our local newspaper told us when & where to go out at night to see Sputnik- and, sure enough, there it was! NBachers 6 hrs ago #5

A bit too young at 4 yrs old. But probably heard about it a few years later. electric_blue68 5 hrs ago #6