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 ...

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.

MOSCOW, Nov. 4, 1957 (UP) - Russia said today that its scientists are planning to use anthropod apes as the next passengers for space vehicles. The statement came as a result of the successful ...

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 ...

It came out of nowhere, 50 years ago Thursday, on Oct. 4, 1957. Or so it seemed to a dumbstruck American public. Powered into space by a Soviet R-7 rocket, a silvery satellite named Sputnik Zemlyi ...

As he told CNN in late July, referring to the world’s first satellite, launched by the U.S.S.R. in 1957, “Americans were surprised when they heard Sputnik’s beeping. It’s the same with ...

The Russian president announced that the vaccine has been given regulatory approval, sparking concern among experts after less than two months of testing. U.S. World ...

Sputnik 2 re-entered Earth’s orbit after 162 days on April 14, 1958. Following Laika’s lead, Soviet Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth in 1961. Related articles: Sputnik 1 launches ...

The vaccine is named Sputnik V – a reference to the 1957 Soviet Union satellite. ... Without data and completed Phase 3 trials, Russia has not proven to the world Sputnik V works.