on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial Earth satellite. This event ushered in the space age and the start of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. Sputnik's successful launch and ...
(the former Soviet Union) and the United States competed fiercely to produce a rocket with sufficient thrust to send a satellite or space capsule into space.28.The USSR won the race, causing great anxiety in Americ a when they put the first satellite"Sputnik 1" into space orbit round the ...