On October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial satellite companion, Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union packed its celestial ...

The Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 satellite took to the skies on Oct. 4, 1957, launching the space age and the Cold War space race. Here are a few fun facts you may not know about Sputnik 1 and its ...

Top image: The Soviet Union successfully launched the Sputnik 1 satellite on Oct. 4, 1957, surprising the world and kicking off the space race. This was the first human-made satellite.

A Sputnik 1 test satellite displayed at the Museum of Flight. AP On Oct. 4, 1957, humanity entered the space age with the launch of Sputnik 1, the world’s first manmade satellite.

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 ...

Sputnik 1 satellite, Space mission, Sputnik, 1957, Space race, Sputnik crisis, US and Russia Russia launched Sputnik, the first-ever artificial satellite at the height of Cold War in 1957, leaving ...

Suddenly, an insular sense and security of place was shattered when the U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik 1, a 184-pound, 23-inch diameter aluminum ball, which was the first man-made satellite ever to ...

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 ...

On Oct. 4, 1957, Russia — then the Soviet Union — wowed the world with the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite, a 184-pound (84-kilogram) sphere about 2 feet (0.6 meters) in diameter.

One of the few surviving Soviet Sputnik-1 models, created during Russia’s Space Race with the U.S., sold today at auction for $847,500. Skip to main content Menu ...