Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957, at 1928 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in present-day Kazakhstan using the R-7 ...

On Oct. 4, 1957, the former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 the first human-made object to enter Earth orbit. See photos from the historic mission.

Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 sent a shockwave through the American public. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ... Sputnik – sometimes called Sputnik 1 – went into space on Oct. 4, 1957.

Future historians, with a better perspective, may well mark Oct. 4, 1957, as one of those times,” observed The Sun in a 1977 20th anniversary Sputnik 1 article.

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 ...

Sputnik 1 was whipped up and ready to go in just a few months and launched on October 4, 1957. Object D was later launched as "Sputnik 3," in May 1958. A merry life but a short one ...

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 Oct. 4, 1957, Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite successfully placed into orbit around the Earth. According the the US State Department, “the successful launch came as ...

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 ...

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden gave the order to shoot down a balloon, termed a “weather balloon” by Chinese officials. Off the South Carolina coast, two F-22 fighter jets from ...

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 ...