With a single shot, the Soviet Union not only launched the first artificial satellite but also officially inaugurated a "space race" with the United States.Sputnik – sometimes called Sputnik 1 ...

Over the last decade, the world of space exploration and innovation has exploded. On this episode of Next Giant Leap, season 2 hosts Mike Greenley, CEO of MDA Space, and Mike Massimino, Columbia ...

Though Sputnik’s launch is looked at today as the moment that sparked the space race between the US and USSR, the push to leave the limits of the planet started much earlier.

The truth is that the Sputnik-1, while a history-maker, was really an afterthought–a minuscule byproduct of the giant effort to build an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Sputnik—a name that literally translates as "satellite"—spent 92 days in the Earth's orbit, circling the planet 1,440 times, before losing speed, slipping into the atmosphere and burning up on ...

The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, on Oct. 4, 1957 - 60 years ago today - amounting to a sort-of surprise attack at the height of the Cold War.

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The Space Race kicked off on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit. It was Earth’s first artificial satellite. NASA described it as being “about the size of a beach ...

Sputnik at 50: Looking Back at the Space Race On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviets launched into orbit a metal ball that grabbed the world's attention. Sputnik in Space and Song. October 3, 2007 12:01 AM ET.