• Home
  • News
    • Politics / Govt
    • Legislature
    • Crime / Courts
    • Health / Medicine
    • Archives
  • Sports
    • Badgers
    • Packers
      • Titletown Report
    • Brewers
  • Contact Us
    • Reporters
  • Affiliates
    • Affiliate Support

Wisconsin Radio Network

Wisconsin News and Sports

You are here: Home / News / Manitowoc celebrates chunk of Sputnik

Manitowoc celebrates chunk of Sputnik

September 10, 2010 By WRN Contributor

There’s an out of this world celebration in Manitowoc this weekend. It’s been termed wacky, tacky fun, but it commemorates Manitowoc’s introduction to the Space Race in the early 1960s. The third annual Sputnikfest is being held at the Rahr West Art Museum in Manitowoc. Organizer and outgoing museum director Barb Bundy-Yost said the fest is a celebration of a piece of space debris that landed in the middle of Eighth Street in the city, during the early morning hours September 6th, 1962. It was a twenty pound chunk from Russia’s Sputnik 4.

The Space Age themed festivities begin Friday evening with a “Miss Space Debris” pageant parade led by Mayor Justin Nichols. There will also be an outdoor movie – E.T. of course – along with an art fair, a Sputnik reenactment and live music.

WOMT‘s Damon Ryan reports (1:25)

Share this:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Filed Under: News



Featured Stories

Packers season comes to an end in NFC Championship

Legendary Hank Aaron passes away

Ted Thompson passed away at age 68 (AUDIO)

Big Ten suspends Wisconsin’s Ahcan

Bucks lose tight battle with Nets

TwitterFacebook

Listen Now | More from Titletown ยป

Sports Headlines

Packers season comes to an end in NFC Championship

Legendary Hank Aaron passes away

Bucks drop second straight, fall at home to Lakers

Hockey Badgers grab series opener at Penn State

Wisconsin’s Mark Johnson named WCHA 1970’s Player of the Decade

More Sports

Tweets by @WRN

Get our news delivered to your inbox:

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Copyright © 2021 · Learfield News & Ag, LLC