On October 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 became the world's first artificial satellite, launching the Space Race and orbiting Earth.

PM Moscow time, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 into space on a repurposed R-7 rocket. The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik was about 22 inches (58 centimeters) in diameter ...

The successful launch of Sputnik — the world’s first artificial satellite to orbit Earth — on October 4, 1957 rocketed ...

On October 4, 1957, the erstwhile Soviet Union sent Sputnik-1 into outer space. The launch of the world’s first artificial ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9--Sputnik sped around the world on a steady course today, speaking to earthbound scientists with a strong new radio voice. President Eisenhower today discussed the Russian ...

The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of , the world’s first artificial satellite, on October 4, 1957. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for ...

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the satellite that started the Space Race. Sputnik 1 was the first ...

The Atlas was America’s first ICMB and it deployed at three sites in Nebraska, including Atlas D “A” near Mead. It was ...