1. First artificial earth satellite: Sputnik Sovfoto/Universal Images Group/Getty Images Soviet technician working on Sputnik 1, 1957. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first manmade object to orbit the earth, on October 4, 1957, to little fanfare. In fact, the official Soviet news ...
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Early space ventures were limited to satellites that orbited the planet Earth.The Soviets launched the world's first satellite on October 4,1957; Sputnik I orbited Earth more than a thousand times(32)before it plunged back into the planet's atmosphere and burned up.The United States'first sa...
Eyes on the skies—and the Soviets Dmitri Kessel/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images Dr. J. Allen Hynek (right) pointing out a spot on a globe to fellow scientists while discussing the path of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite launched into low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union,...
Such satellites were not a new idea. In October 1954, scientists called for the first ones to be launched during IGY to map Earth's surface. The White House agreed that this might be a good idea, and announced plans to launch an Earth-orbiting satellite to take measurements of the upper...
Sputnik: The First Man Made Earth Satellites by Andrew J. LePage October 1997 The Dream This October 4th marks the 40th anniversary of one of the most historic events in the history of our species: the launching of the first satellite. The roots of this accomplishment, though, go back an...
S. launched its first satellite called Explorer 1. But the Soviets again moved ahead in the Space Race. In 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth. He returned to the Soviet Union as a hero. One month after Mr. Gagarin, Alan Shepherd became the first American ...
other one.Both countries also had powerful bombs.People in the United States were worried when the Soviets were first to launch a space satellite,which was called Sputnik.The Soviets were also first to send a person into space.Yury Gagarin orbited the earth in the Vost...
Spurred by the Soviets Explorer 1's ride to space came through a complicated set of circumstances. The United States had at least three main rocket options for sending the satellite into space. The ones that are most remembered today are Vanguard — under development by the Navy — and Juno...
October 23, 1957, but this accomplishment was immediately eclipsed on November 3 when the Soviets launched yet another satellite,Sputnik 2,into orbit. But this time, the spacecraft had a passenger: an 3-year-old Moscow street dog named Laika – the first living creature to orbit the ...