Project A119 was a Cold War-era response to Sputnik, with the goal of using a nuclear explosion in space to scare the Soviets ...

Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4, 1957, at 1928 UTC from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in present-day Kazakhstan using the R-7 rocket. It was also known as Sputnik 8K71PS, a modified intercontinental ...

Footage from a 1957 newsreel covering the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. Footage from a 1957 newsreel covering the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite.

Engineer Yevgeniy Shabarov recalled the dog's final moments on Earth, saying: "After placing Laika in the container and ...

On 4 October 1957, I was a freckled ... the latest sensation, Elvis Presley. Sputnik was hurled skywards on the experimental R-7 rocket, powered by liquid oxygen mixed with kerosene, from launch ...

The Soviet space agency successfully launched Sputnik 1 on October 4th, 1957 and Sputnik 2 a month later. On board Sputnik 2 was Laika, a stray dog, who became the first living creature to orbit ...

November 3 marks 67 years since the Soviet Union sent Laika the dog to orbit the Earth on its Sputnik 2 mission. We recall ...

MOSCOW, Nov. 4, 1957 (UP) - Russia said today that its scientists ... The statement came as a result of the successful launching of Sputnik II. Pravda, official Communist Party newspaper, said ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite, into low Earth orbit. Sputnik's launch caused fear of the ...