English subtitles for clip: File:1957-10-07 New Moon.ogv

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[New Moon]

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[Reds Launch First Space Satellite]

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[Voice: Ed Herlihy]

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Today a new moon is in the sky.

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A 23 inch metal sphere placed
into orbit by a Russian rocket.

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Here an artist conception
of how the feat was accomplished.

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A three-stage rocket.

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Number 1, a booster in the class
of an intercontinental missile,

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its weight estimated at 50 tons.

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A smaller second stage
took over at 5000 miles an hour

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and carried on to
the highest point reached.

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500 miles up,

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the artificial moon is boosted to a speed
counterbalancing the pull of gravity

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and released.

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You are hearing the actual signals

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transmitted by the Earth
circling satellite.

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One of the great scientific
feats of the age.