Sputnik – sometimes called Sputnik 1 – went into space on Oct. 4, 1957. The achievement sent a shockwave through the American public, who had felt a sense of technological superiority amid a ...

Timeline of the space race. Oct 4, 1957: The Soviet Union successfully sends the first man-made object into space. Sputnik is the world's first orbital satellite. November 3, ...

Space Race: Sputnik. Showing 1 - 15 of 15 Results. Home / Archives. ... MOSCOW, Oct. 4, 1957 (UP) - Facts and figures of the Soviet satellite:SIZE: 22 inches in diameter.

Sputnik started space race, ... But the space race began in earnest during the 1950s, ... 1957, the Space Age officially began when the Soviets lofted a 183-pound shiny sphere from their Baikonur ...

Sputnik 1 Launched The Space Race 60 Years Ago today. ByKiona N. Smith, Contributor. ... But in 1957, low Earth orbit was empty and no cameras or sensors looked down from above.

SPACE RACE: The little silver ball that fueled the Cold War By G. Scott Hubbard Oct 6, 2007 Sputnik 1 is launched aboard an ICBM from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan close to the Aral Sea on ...

The beginning of the space age was ushered in with the successful launch of Sputnik 1, the world’s first orbiting satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957.

MOSCOW, Nov. 4, 1957 (UP) - A Muscovite in a streetcorner interview took a philosophical approach to startling events of the past few days."Well," he said, "up goes Sputnik and down goes Zhukov ...

Did you guys know the Space Race was one of the craziest rivalries in history? 🚀💥 It was this ... It all kicked off in 1957 when the Soviets launched *Sputnik*, the first-ever ...