O n October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial satellite companion, Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union packed its ...

It was the beginning of the space age: the launch by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 of Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial satellite. With the Soviet Union and the US locked in an ...

Project A119 was a Cold War-era response to Sputnik, with the goal of using a nuclear explosion in space to scare the Soviets ...

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.

Footage from a 1957 newsreel covering the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. Footage from a 1957 newsreel covering the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite.

Both nations endeavored to perfect their satellites and launch first, and on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into orbit. Just a month after propelling the first satellite into ...

From 1957 —the year in which the Soviets put the Sputnik 1 satellite into orbit— to 1969 —when American astronaut Neil Armstrong walked on the surface of the moon—, the beginnings of the ...

Getty Images Sputnik 1 was the first man-made satellite to orbit Earth, launched by the Soviets in 1957 There has been the odd hiccup in the rollout. Argentinian President Alberto Fernández ...

The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1 (Figure 3.1), was launched on 4 October 1957 at 6.00 am Moscow time and the event was announced by Radio Moscow that evening. Sputnik was the Russian ...

Since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957 ... from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the world’s first satellite model with wooden components, marking a potential shift in space ...