# Why Is the Space Needle Shaped Like That?

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- Published: 2024-01-02T09:15:07-06:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: Seattle’s Space Needle. Photo credit: George Rose / GettyImages. Article by Marla Mackoul. Mental Floss – December 26, 2023. The design of Seattle’s iconic Space Needle is more political than you probably know. In 1962, the United States was deep into the Space Race with the Soviet Union. It was seven more years until Neil Armstrong’s first step onto the moon, and Americans were nervous about the USSR successfully launching the Sputnik satellite into orbit around Earth. But in […] Click here to view original web page at www.mentalfloss.com