America responds to Sputnik...
Item # 716559
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THE DAILY PROGRESS, Charlottesville, Virginia, Oct. 9, 1957 With the recent launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union, the headline announces America's response: "United States Will Launch Test Satellites in December".
There are related subheads: "Missiles Had Top Priority, Ike Declares" "Fully-Instrumented Moon to be Fired In March, He Says" "President Sees No Reason for Alarm" "Soviet Satellite May Be Smashed by Comet". There is also a photo of the: "First Official Photo of Russia's Satellite...".
Presumed to be the complete issue with 14 pages, nice condition.
There are related subheads: "Missiles Had Top Priority, Ike Declares" "Fully-Instrumented Moon to be Fired In March, He Says" "President Sees No Reason for Alarm" "Soviet Satellite May Be Smashed by Comet". There is also a photo of the: "First Official Photo of Russia's Satellite...".
Presumed to be the complete issue with 14 pages, nice condition.
Item from our most recent catalog - #369 - released for August, 2026
Category: The 20th Century
Price
$45
100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.