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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...