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Sputnik
Landen Heaney
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Was the Soviet Union able to beat the US into space?
Yes. The Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first satellite, on October the 4th 1957. The first US satellite was launched on January 31st 1958, and was called Explorer I.
What race did the Soviet Union win that terrified the US?
In the late 1950s the Soviet Union appeared to be winning the Space Race. They launched the first earth satellite and put the first human, Yuri Gagarin, in space.
What did the Soviet Union launch in 1957?
When the Soviet Union entered the Space Race with the United States, they launched their first satellite called the Sputnik 1 in 1957.
Was the first thing in space a soviet satellite or a sputnik 1?
The first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth was a Soviet satellite named Sputnik I. It was launched by the USSR on October 4, 1957, followed by Sputnik 2 in November.
What did the Soviet Union do to start the space race?
They launched the first man made object into Earth orbit - the satellite Sputnik 1 on 4 October 1957.
When was the first US space station launched?
Skylab, which was a response to Salyut 1( a Soviet space station) was the first US space station, launched in the May of 1973
Country which launched first orbiting space station?
The first orbiting space station was Salyut 1, launched by the Soviet Union in 1971.
Was there a space station before the international space station?
Skylab was the first space station launched and operated by NASA from 1973 to 1979. The first space station was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971.The core module for the International Space Station was launched in 1998.
When was the space station first used?
Skylab, which was a response to Salyut 1( a Soviet space station) was the first US space station, launched in the May of 1973
What was the name of the soviet's first space station?
Salyut-1/DOS-1 launched in April 19, 1971 was the first space station.
What was the first man made space station?
The Soviet Union's Salyut 1, launched on April 19, 1971, was the world's first space station.
Who built the first permanently manned space station?
The Soviet Union (USSR) launched the first space station "Salyut 1" on April 19, 1971.
Which country put the first mir space station in to orbit?
The Mir was launched by the Soviet Union.
What is Salyut 1?
It was the first space station of any kind, launched by the Soviet Union on April 19, 1971.
Who launched the first space station?
The Soviet Union with Salyut 1, which went into orbit on April 19th, 1971.
Who launched the first space craft?
The first space craft was Sputnik, which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
Did the US launch first satellite into space?
No. The first satellite to be launched into space was Sputnik, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
