On this day in 1957, the Soviets successfully sent Sputnik into orbit around Earth ... we've put together a slideshow of stamps about space from the Soviet Union. Their vivid colors and particular ...

Electronics engineers at the 1957 National Electronics Conference ... An Albanian postage stamp commemorates the a Soviet Sputnik satellite. ("Shqipëria" is another name for Albania.) ...

The Soviets called it sputnik, meaning simply “satellite” or “fellow traveler.” But to American space-watchers of 60 years ago, the satellite that launched on Oct. 4, 1957 had many ...

There may actually have been three Sputnik moments. The Soviet Union's Oct. 4, 1957, launch of the first-ever artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, created quite a stir, to be sure. It did kick off the ...

Laika shown on stamp from Romania in 1957 (Public Domain) Laika was never expected to return to Earth. At the time of the launch, technology to reenter the atmosphere didn't yet exist.

In 1957, most Americans did not know what a satellite was, but they could certainly interpret the meaning of the Soviet Union having launched Sputnik 1. America was behind, the Soviets were in ...

An event of similar proportions that caused a case of worldwide jitters transpired in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, which like the Chinese balloon, was perceived to be ...