Sputnik
On October 4th, 1957, Sputnik 1 was put into Earth's orbit. All over the planet people gathered to find this new light in the sky—a manmade star. It lived up there for 92 days before aerodynamic drag caused it to re-enter the atmosphere and burn
Source: Tyson, Neil deGrasse, and Avis Lang. Accessory to War: The Unspoken Alliance Between Astrophysics and the Military. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018.
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