The 'space race'
Sputnik
the space race started when the soviet union union launched Sputnik into space.
The space race was started by the USSR on October 4, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1.
It started the Space Race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.
Russia launched Sputnik 1 in 1959
The Sputnik program started on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the world's first artificial satellite. This event marked the beginning of the space age and initiated the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The Space Age began on October 4, 1957, with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1. This event marked the beginning of the exploration and utilization of outer space for scientific, military, and commercial purposes.
Because the Sputnik program ended with Sputnik 3. Albeit there was a Sputnik 40 and 41 but these were to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Sputnik 1.
sputnik
They said it started in California.
No, the Russian's Sputnik was unmanned.