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Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years


Vanguard 1 is the oldest satellite orbiting Earth. Scientists want to bring it home after 67 years Decades ago during the heady space race rivalry between the former Soviet Union and the United States, the entire world experienced the Sputnik moment when the first artificial satellite orbited the Earth. Sputnik 1's liftoff on Oct. 4, 1957 sparked worries in the U.S., made all the more vexing by the embarrassing and humiliating failure later that year of America's first satellite launch when the U.S. Navy's Vanguard rocket went "kaputnik" as the booster toppled over and exploded.   More



(Source: Space.com - Apr 6)

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