An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army ...

Soviets beat U.S. - first into space MOSCOW, Oct. 4, 1957 (UP ... of the sphere in its race around the earth. Ohio man the first to spot Sputnik By LARRY OCHS, as told to the United Press ...

In this time line, explore the Cold War's secret space race.—Rima Chaddha Following ... and on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into orbit. Just a month after propelling the ...

The Space Race was a battle in the Cold ... either side was mourned by all participants. On October 4, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik. Americans feared the implications of the first man ...

It is fifty years since the launch of Sputnik. The ensuing 'space race' had major impact — politically ... of young scientists. On 4 October 1957, I was a freckled, crew-cut sixteen-year ...

“We lack a unifying ‘space race’ narrative to galvanize action,” he noted, despite mounting threats that should be impossible to ignore. The original Sputnik moment in 1957 shocked the ...

When the Soviets launched the Sputnik satellite in 1957, it marked a leap forward in space technology, triggering a “space race” with the American space program. Source: Alexandra_Koch/Pixabay ...

On October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial ... laid the groundwork for more complex space missions. The Sputnik ...

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On 4 October 1957 the USSR launched Sputnik - the first man-made ... by the USA and both returned alive. The race to get the first person into space was eventually won by the USSR, when Yuri ...

Soviets beat U.S. - first into space MOSCOW, Oct. 4, 1957 (UP ... of the sphere in its race around the earth. Ohio man the first to spot Sputnik By LARRY OCHS, as told to the United Press ...