History changed on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a...
The launch is October 7 1957, was launched during the International Geophysical Year from Site No.1/5, at the 5th Tyuratam range, in Kazakh SSR (now...
Fascinating video reconstructing the first-ever satellite brought into space, on the 4th of October 1957. It's a six minute programme on the launching of "Sputnik"...
Sputnik 1 en.wikipedia.org Sputnik 1 (Russian: "Cпутник-1") was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. It was launched into an elliptical low...