However, it wasn’t the plan to use it as the first orbiter, as [Scott Manley] explains in a recent video that you can see below. The original design would become Sputnik 3, which, as [Scott ...

The Alaska researchers studied radio astronomy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and had their own tracking station in a ...

O n October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial satellite companion, Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union packed its ...

Sputnik moments are those critical moments in time when a society reacts to immense changes and takes a different direction.” ...

Sputnik didn't have all the features of today's satellites, but it was sent to space with five objectives to complete. First ...

Soviets beat U.S. - first into space MOSCOW, Oct. 4, 1957 (UP) - Facts and figures of the Soviet satellite:SIZE: 22 inches in diameter. U.S. to Russians: give us more data on Sputnik WASHINGTON ...

Both nations endeavored to perfect their satellites and launch first, and on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into orbit. Just a month after propelling the first satellite into ...

And rightly so — even though Sputnik was remarkably primitive compared ... created a series of commemorative models of Earth’s first artificial moon as gifts to other countries.

Not only had the Soviets succeeded first, just as importantly they had launched massive powerful rockets. Their maiden launch was followed less than a month later by Sputnik II, a 500-kg capsule ...

TASS/. The first pilot batch of the Sputnik V vaccine against the novel coronavirus for risk groups has been shipped to the regions of Russia, a spokesperson at the Healthcare Ministry told reporters.