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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Similarly, the United States likely could have put a satellite into Earth orbit before the Soviets, whose October 1957 launch of Sputnik 1 shocked America and set the space race in motion.

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.

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.