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Cover of LIFE magazine dated 10-21-1957 of Smithsonian Observatory scientists working at M.I.T. in Cambridge to try to calculate Sputnik's orbit; photo by Dmitri Kessel.
Date taken:October 21, 1957
Photographer:Dmitri Kessel
Size:932 x 1280 pixels (12.9 x 17.8 inches)
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