<p>Typically, space junk ends up deep in the Pacific Ocean. This is the story of when it plunged back to earth … onto a street in small-town Wisconsin.</p><p>Read more in the Atlas: <a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sputnik-crash-site">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/sputnik-crash-site</a></p>


The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Sputnik IV Crash Site Re-listen

An audio guide to the world’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. Co-founder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters explore a new wonder every day, Monday through Thursday. In under 15 minutes, they’ll take you to an incredible place, and along the way, you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Our theme and end credit music is composed by Sam Tyndall.