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Around the World for 800 Days

A Metallurgical Evaluation of a Sputnik IV Fragment

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On Sept. 5, 1962 a fragment, believed to be part of the Sputnik IV satellite launched on May 15, 1960, was found in a street in Manitowac, Wise. This paper presents a metallurgical evaluation of the material recovered.

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., USA

    Bill C. Giessen (Member of AIME, research staff member) & N. J. Grant (Member of AIME, professor of metallurgy)

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Approximately 843 days.

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Giessen, B.C., Grant, N.J. Around the World for 800 Days. JOM 15, 32–36 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378212

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