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 ...

On Nov. 3, 1957, the Soviet Union sent up Sputnik 2, a satellite that carried a dog named Laika. American children were told that poor Laika had enough food for a few days, and would be served a ...

Discover the story of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviets in 1957. This iconic spacecraft, shaped like a shiny beach ball, revolutionized history. Explore its purpose, ...

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 ...

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. The Sputnik ...

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.

On the Saturday morning in 1957 after the Soviet Union launched the world's first manmade satellite and ... But in the case of Sputnik—launched on Oct. 4, 1957—myth supplanted reality within ...

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union jumped out to the lead in the blossoming space race with the U.S. by launching humanity's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into orbit.

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union, having worked in complete secrecy, launched Sputnik I. Humankind's first man-made satellite, a tiny ball that beeped its presence as it orbited the globe ...

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.

Half a century on, the October 4th 1957 launch of Sputnik 1 still resonates as a momentous achievement in the history of human endeavor. October 4, 2007 Today marks the 50th anniversary of the ...

1957: Sputnik satellite blasts into space. A Russian satellite has been launched into space - the first man-made object ever to leave the Earth's atmosphere. The Russian news agency, ...