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1988
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American Experience
Chasing the Moon - A Place Beyond the Sky 31 Season 3 Episode
55 min
1988
6.6
On 4 October 1957, Soviet scientists launched Sputnik 1 - a beach ball-sized, radio-transmitting aluminium alloy sphere - into orbit. The satellite caused a sensation. Amid Cold War tensions, the Soviet Unionโs accomplishment signalled a dramatic technological advantage and American felt it had little choice but to join the Space Race.
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