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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.
Which of the following technological achievements was first made by the Soviet Union?
The Soviet Union was the first to launch a successful artificial satellite (Sputnik, 1957), the first to put a man in space (Yuri Gagarin, 1961), and the first to successfully land a spacecraft on another planet, Venus (Venera 7, 1970).
First human-made saellite was put into space by the?
Sputnik 1 was the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite and launched by by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957. It was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program.
What was the significance space race between the us and Soviet union?
Launching of Sputnik
When was the first us satellite put into orbit?
The first artificial Earth satellite launched by the United States was "Explorer I". It was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday, January 31, 1958 at 10:48 PM Eastern time. The payload was assembled in 84 days and the Vanguard rocket modified to launch it. America had been 'burned' by the October, 1957 launch of the Russian "Sputnik I" (as well as two more satellites in late 1957), and was eager to put a satellite in orbit. Explorer 1 weighed less than 30 pounds. It carried a few scientific experiments and two radio transmitters to send the results back to earth. The experiments and radios were battery-powered since solar power in space was not yet developed. Explorer 1 went silent on May 23, 1958 and burned up on re-entry March 31, 1970.
Which acountry was the first country to put a satellite in space?
Russia put the first satellite into space. The satellite's name is sputnik 1
The first human made satellite was put into space by the?
A. Russians
What was the name of the first satellite that humans put into space?
That was Sputnik
Which was the first country to put its satellite in space and when and who put theirs into space in Jan 1959 what were the satellite names?
Russia (Then known as USSR ) was the first to put it's satellite (called "Sputnik") into orbit. The date was 4 October 1957. "Explorer 1" was the United States' first artificial satellite and was launched on January 31, 1958
What are the things Communist accomplished?
Well, the Soviet Union put the first artificial satellite into space, the first dog into space, and the first human into space.
Name The first satellite put into space?
Boris. (The Russians called it "Sputnik" at the time.)
Who invented the first satillite?
The first man made satellite was launched into space in 1957. It was put there by a consortium of Russian scientists. No specific person is credited with the invention of the first satellite.
Which NASA member invented the Artificial Satellite?
NASA didn't even exist when the Russians put the first artificial satellite (Sputnik) into space
What is the first man made satellite put into space?
Sputnik 1 was the first man made satellite put into space. There were earlier attempts that failed. Sputnik 1, launched on October 4, 1957, was the first man-made object that stayed there, i.e. successfully achieved earth orbit.
The first human made satellite was put into space by?
The Russians, putting Sputnik 1 into orbit in 1957.
Did USA or USSR become the first country to send a rocket to space?
The Russians put the first satellite into orbit named sputnik.
Who were the first people to get into space man or unmanned?
For about the first 15 years of space travel,almost all of the people who did it were men.
