Fearing the U.S. would launch a satellite before the USSR, OKB-1 suggested the  ... Before the launch · Launch and mission · Reaction · Legacy

While the Sputnik launch was a single event, it marked the start of the space age ... Challenge to Apollo: Pt 1 The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945 - 1974.

Oct 4, 2017 · On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent the beach ball-sized satellite, Sputnik 1 into space ...Duration: 2:06 Posted: Oct 4, 2017

Oct 4, 2020 · The launch the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 on Oct. 4, 1957 kicked off the space age and the Cold War space race, the latter of which peaked when ...

Oct 4, 2020 · Top image: The Soviet Union successfully launched the Sputnik 1 satellite on ... works on Sputnik 1 before the satellite's Oct. 4, 1957 launch.

Sputnik 1 launches, October 4, 1957 · Congress passing the National Defense Education Act less than a year after the Sputnik launch. · The Advanced Research ...

The launch of Sputnik 1 shocked many Americans, who had assumed that their country was technologically ahead of the Soviet Union, and led to the “space race” ...

Nov 15, 2018 · A technician working on Sputnik 1 in 1957, prior to its launch. After a mere 3 months in space,... [+] ...

When the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 – the first artificial satellite – into orbit, it captured the world's attention and caught the American public off-guard.

Oct 3, 2017 · Read TIME's Original Report on the Sputnik 1 Launch. Illustration ... The Soviets called it sputnik, meaning simply “satellite” or “fellow traveler.