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A Beach Ball Changed Our Travel Ambitions
World Space Week starts today, 69 years after Sputnik first orbited Earth. The satellite was roughly beach-ball sized, which feels delightfully modest for something that changed humanity’s travel ambitions.
World Space Week
When: October 4–10, 2026
Theme: Rocket Revolution
Explore: World Space Week: https://www.worldspaceweek.org/
Launched on October 4, 1957, Sputnik took about 98 minutes to circle Earth. It carried a radio transmitter whose beeps could be monitored around the world. Quite an entrance for a small silver sphere.
