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Flying to Kapustin Yar

from Sputnik 1 by Nick Jaffe

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Kapustin Yar (named for a bandit of local lore) is a town in a remote part of southern Russia where the launch range for the Soviet space program was established in 1946. Lt. General Vasiliy Voznyuk, an artillery officer who had commanded a Katyushya rocket unit during the war, was the first commander of the range. He described its early days as follows:

Barren steppes. A little vermouth. Thorn bushes, occasionally some wolf’s milk. Little water. Transport after transport arriving with construction worker[s] who had become famous for their efforts during the…war. Transports and materiel and equipment arrived. Families arrived. Where were they to be housed? As it turned out in tents and at best, in small settlements located along a small stream whose water had too high a salt content to be used for drinking water. Sand, gravel and bricks for building, water and food for personnel had to be brought it (quoted in Siddiqi p. 54).

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from Sputnik 1, released October 15, 2010
Composed, performed, recorded and mixed by Nick Jaffe. Mastered by Jason Ward at Chicago Mastering.

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Nick Jaffe Chicago, Illinois

Just Nick (Nick Jaffe) is a musician, recording engineer, teacher and editor. Nick plays guitar and occasionally other things, with a wide variety of projects and artists. He has performed with Common, Dwele, Estelle and Bilal and has done music for film and advertisingl. His solo work is available here. ... more

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