First Sputnik I Sighting

A plaque was recently intalled on Dexter Stegemeyer’s outhouse in Fairbanks, Alaska recognizing Dexter as the first person in the Western Hemisphere to sight Sputnik I as he used the facility on the morning of Oct. 6, 1957.

Posted on November 5, 2002
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