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 beach ...
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On 4 January 1958, after three months in orbit, Sputnik 1 burned up while reentering Earth's atmosphere, having completed 1,440 orbits of the Earth, and ...
The 4th October 2017 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of the first satellite: Sputnik. The Soviet spacecraft was only equipped with a simple ...
Facts & Timeline · 1957 USSR launches Sputnik 1, man's first artificial satellite · 1958 USA launches Explorer 1, its first satellite. · 1959 USSR's Luna 2 ...
An exhibition dedicated to the sixtieth anniversary of the launch of Sputnik 1 into space. At right is Secretary-General António Guterres.
Sep 29, 2020 · 4 to Oct. 10. Find out how to celebrate here and check out the history of Sputnik, the Soviet satellite that kicked off the Space Age below!
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik-1, the world's first artificial satellite. Only about the size of a beach ball (22.8 inches ...
It's been about 65 years since the Soviets launched the first orbital satellite into low Earth orbit: Sputnik 1. Now there are thousands of satellites in ...
Oct 3, 2017 · They chose this model to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik on October 4, 1957. From a video of the ISS Expedition 53 ...
