The base of the jovial groove as the little group walked was a lilting, repeating riff on the kora, the 21-string harp-lute that a musician played with its base propped against his torso, plucking with his thumbs. â
The Vanguard team was still working on a test vehicle (TV-2) designed to test the first stage of the rocket when they learned of the launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, by the USSR on October 4, 1957. On December 2, the Department of Defense announced the imminent launch of TV-3.
In September of 1758, the vanguard of Forbes Army were within a few miles of Fort Duquesne. On September 11, 1758, Major James Grant led over 800 men to scout the territory around Fort Duquesne in advance of the arrival of General Forbes' main column.