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AMELIA EARHART
On July 2, 1937, Amelia Earhart flew away from a town called Lae in the South Pacific. Earhart was attempting to circumnavigate the globe. After taking off from Lae, she disappeared. The Superhero Historians will investigate her life, her final flight, and the possible outcomes to that flight.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Sputnik 1

Dorothy Duckinsie, Invention / Things Historian

Here is a picture of Sputnik 1:

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Pretty cool, huh?  It weighed 184.3 pounds.  It took a little over 96 minutes to orbit the Earth.  It had a 23 inch diameter and transmitted radio signals back to Earth.  Very neat.  It orbited the Earth 1,440 times.

By: Dorothy Duckinsie, Invention / Things Historian
Topic: THE SPACE RACE
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