It was the beginning of the space age: the launch by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 of Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite. With the Soviet Union and the US locked in an ...

Sputnik 1 was the object that began the era of space exploration when it was launched from the USSR in 1957. Many people will remember the wonder of hearing the regular 'beeps' of the radio signal ...

The Soviets launched Luna 1 in January, and although the craft missed ... exactly two years after Sputnik, Luna 3 performed a flyby and photographed most of the moon's far side.

Americans certainly remember Sputnik. At a time when the world was larger and scarier, the Soviets had a metal basketball flying over the United States and the rest of the world. It made people ...

Nikita Khruschev successfully launched Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. Sixty-seven years later, you don’t have to look up for a wakeup call that the new great power sprint for ...

The three men responsible for the success of Explorer 1, America's first Earth satellite which was launched January 31, 1958. NASA October 4: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 into earth orbit.

As we approach the 60th anniversary of the human race becoming a spacefaring species, Sputnik nostalgia will no doubt be on the rise. And rightly so — even though Sputnik was remarkably ...

Getty Images Sputnik 1 was the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957 There has been the odd hiccup in the rollout. Argentinian President Alberto Fernández ...

The Soviet space agency successfully launched Sputnik 1 on October 4th, 1957 and Sputnik 2 a month later. On board Sputnik 2 was Laika, a stray dog, who became the first living creature to orbit ...

America had barely recovered from the launch of Sputnik 1 when, just 1 month later, on 3 November 1957, the Soviet Union did it again. The second Sputnik was a much larger vehicle: its total mass was ...