homology of the universal cover of wedge of spheres.

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What is the integral homology of the universal cover of $X=S^{2}\vee S^1$. Is $H_{n}(X,\mathbf{Z})$ finitely generated abelian group for any $n$?

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The universal cover is $\Bbb R \vee_{n \in \Bbb Z} S^2$, where you glue on a sphere to every integer. By collapsing the contractible subspace $\Bbb R$ we see that the universal cover is homotopy equivalent to a countable wedge of 2-spheres. In particular its second homology is $\Bbb Z^\infty$ and all higher homology is zero.