Space station-bound crew to mark Sputnik 60th with model of first satelliteA technician looks up to a small model of the Sputnik 1 satellite suspended inside the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft. The replica Sputnik will serve as the crew's zero-g indicator while paying tribute to the 60th anniversary of the start of the Space Age. (NASA TV)September 11, 2017 – A small polished metal sphere with four protruding booms is poised to launch atop a Russian rocket into Earth orbit, replicating and paying tribute to the achievement that began the Space Age 60 years ago.
On Tuesday (Sept. 12), a miniature model of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, will lift off on board the Soyuz MS-06 spacecraft, serving as the "zero-g indicator" for the mission's three-person crew. The scale Sputnik's flight will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the original made-made moon's launch on Oct. 4, 1957 from the same site at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. (...)
The Soyuz FG rocket that will launch the Soyuz MS-06 crew to the International Space Station is emblazoned with a logo celebrating the 60th anniversary of Sputnik. The rocket is poised on the same launch pad used to launch the first satellite in 1957. (RSC Energia)http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-091117a-sputnik-60th-soyuz-zerog-indcator.html