O n October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial satellite companion, Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union packed its ...

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. This event marked the start of the space exploration era. Design and Functionality ...

Sputnik 1 weighed around 184 pounds and was the first artificial satellite that orbited around earth every 90 minutes, flying at around 17,000 miles per hour. The satellite contained no scientific ...

Voyager 1: It was a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar space. Vostok 1: With Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard, it was the ...

Suddenly, an insular sense and security of place was shattered when the U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik 1, a 184-pound ... launching the world’s first artificial satellite,” reported the newspaper.

Obviously, artificial satellites have a shorter history than ... On October 4, 1957 they beat the Americans to the punch, launching the Sputnik 1 and quickly followed up with another satellite ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite, into space orbit. The man-made craft sent a radio signal back to Earth for three weeks before its batteries ...

The Soviet Union's October 1957 launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, stunned the U.S., which reckoned it had a commanding lead in "the Space Race." Some of the clever ...