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"On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launced the first man-made object into space, a 184-pound satellite carrying only a radio transmitter. While Sputnik I immediately shocked the world, its long-term impact was even greater, for it profoundly changed the shape of the twentieth century.".
"Washington journalist Paul Dickson chronicles the dramatic events and developments leading up to and emanating from Sputnik's launch - a story that can only now be fully told with the recent release of previously classified documents. Sputnik offers a fascinating profile of the early American and Soviet space programs and a strikingly revised picture of politics and personalities behind the facade of America's fledgling efforts to get into space."--BOOK JACKET.
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Politics and government, Political aspects of Russian artificial satellites, Astronautics and state, Sputnik satellites, Public opinion, Russian Artificial satellites, History, Political aspects, Sputnik, Space race, Satellites artificiels soviʹetiques, Aspect politique, Astronautique, Politique gouvernementale, Opinion publique, Politique et gouvernement, Artificial satellites, Public opinion, united states, United states, politics and government, 20th century, Soviet union, history, 20th centuryPlaces
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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century
June 26, 2007, Walker & Company
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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century
September 28, 2007, Spoken Books Publishing
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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century
May 29, 2007, Walker & Co
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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century (Science Matters)
April 1, 2003, Berkley Trade
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Sputnik: The Shock of the Century
January 2002, Thorndike Press
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Sputnik: the launch of the space race
2001, Macfarlane Walter & Ross
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"Listen now," said the NBC radio network announcer on the night of October 4, 1957, "for the sound that forevermore separates the old from the new.""
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