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Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite launched successfully into orbit, was sent into space by the Soviet Union in 1957. During this year, Dwight D. Eisenhower was In the middle of his two-term Presidency, and Nikita Khrushchev was in his 5th year of Premiership of the Soviet Union.

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