The Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1 was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on October 4, 1957, making it the first successful artificial satellite and marking the start of ...

The USSR leapfrogged the USA in the space race with Sputnik, and the student-loan industry was meant to fix that. Now, it's a $1.7 trillion crisis.

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik, the first satellite into outer space. A video clip was shown of a Universal newsreel from October 7, 1957, about Sputnik that ...

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first man-made space satellite, Sputnik 1. The Soviet's successful launch caught America by surprise and was the spark which ignited the Space Race.

North Korea's nuclear and missile threats have parallels with Americans' shock when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the Earth's first artificial satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957.

Fifty years ago, science fiction became science fact. On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union, having worked in complete secrecy, launched Sputnik I. Humankind's first man-made satellite, a tiny ball ...

It's always a good day to remember Sputnik in my book, but today there is actually a reason to. It was on this date in 1957 that the Soviet Union launched the little round satellite into orbit.

On October 4th in 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first manmade satellite into orbit. This event initiated the 'Space Age' and 'space race' as the US was surprised by such an ...

In November 1957, the Soviet Union took the Space Race to another level when it launched Sputnik 2, a 1000-pound payload carrying a living organism, a dog named Laika, into Earth orbit.. Launched from ...

Oct. 4—66 years ago, on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world into the space race after sending the first satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit. Sputnik 1 weighed around 184 pounds and ...

The Space Age officially began 53 years ago today, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite. While the original event set off fear and Cold War rivalries, today ...