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I-Reporters' recall Sputnik

Albert Fisher of Los Angeles, California, spent the night of October 4, 1957, wondering whether he would see Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. At age 16, he had helped start one of many teams of amateur scientists working through the Operation Moonwatch network, initiated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory to help track satellites. <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?a=eoBzx4"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_space?i=eoBzx4" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=ndgDcQKw"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=ndgDcQKw" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=IhO9a2jG"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=IhO9a2jG" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=5weaidxn"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=5weaidxn" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=KXe59Xte"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=KXe59Xte" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?a=oWjFCPSo"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_space?i=oWjFCPSo" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_space/~4/166982877" height="1" width="1"/>