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Facts for Features Special Edition: Launch of Sputnik I and Start of the "Space Race": 50th Anniversary (Oct. 4) URL: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features_special_editions/010731.html Description: Facts and statistics marking the 50th anniversary in 2007 of the launch "by the Soviet Union on Oct. 4, 1957 [of] Sputnik I ... the first satellite to be put into orbit. The launch ignited the 'Space Race' between the United States and Soviet Union." Data covers the aerospace industry, U.S.-Russia trade, and population of the U.S., Soviet Union and Russia, and Brevard County, Florida (home of Cape Canaveral). From the U.S. Census Bureau. LII Topics: Astronomy, Satellites Publisher: Unites States Census Bureau LII Database Information: Record 24642 created by Jennifer English on 10/03/2007 Last modification on 10/04/2007 Published: 10/10/2007 Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/24642 |
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