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 After ...

An event of similar proportions that caused a case of worldwide jitters transpired in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, which like the Chinese balloon, was perceived to be ...

Nicholas DeWitt '52 of the Russian Research center said yesterday in Chicago that Sputnik has shown the superiority of Soviet accomplishments in scientific training. DeWitt told a conference ...

First published in The Sydney Morning Herald on November 4, 1957 “Extraordinarily heavy” Sputnik II, dog onboard November 3 - Russia today successfully launched a second space satellite. It ...

In November 1957, the Soviet Union took the Space Race to another level when it launched Sputnik 2, a 1000-pound payload carrying a living organism, a dog named Laika, into Earth orbit. Launched from ...

On November 3, 1957, the little part-husky dog - who was also known as Curly - became the first animal to orbit Earth when she flew out of the atmosphere in the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2 spacecraft.

On October 4th in 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first manmade satellite into orbit. This event initiated the 'Space Age' and 'space race' as the US was surprised by such an ...

Once the United States recovered from Sputnik’s psychological shock, the Naval Research Laboratory launched its first Vanguard satellite rocket Dec. 3, 1957, but it exploded on the launch pad.

An event of similar proportions that caused a case of worldwide jitters transpired in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1 into space, which like the Chinese balloon, was perceived to be ...