Kennedy promised immediatly after the launch of sputnik to have a man on the moon within the decade. Eisenhower created NASA, and the Apollo missions were put into place. On July 16th, 1969 Apollo 11 landed on the moon and Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon completing the US goal.
Sputnik was a series of satellites built and launched by the then Soviet union. Sputnik 1 and 2 became the first two man made objects to attain orbit around the Earth.
That was Sputnik 1 launched 4. oktober 1957 I suppose the name was "Sputnik" and then later when they sendt the next one, they became "Sputnik 1" and "Sputnik 2" regards.
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Well, the first person to come up with the idea was Arthur C. Clarke, and after the Russians launched Sputnik, the idea became possible. Soon, we had satellites to bounce calls around the world.
Well, the first person to come up with the idea was Arthur C. Clarke, and after the Russians launched Sputnik, the idea became possible. Soon, we had satellites to bounce calls around the world.
Well, the first person to come up with the idea was Arthur C. Clarke, and after the Russians launched Sputnik, the idea became possible. Soon, we had satellites to bounce calls around the world.
Sputnik is Russian, and it means something like "travelling companion". It became the name for an early series of articifial satellites.
Sputnik 1 was the spacecraft that added an element of competition to US soviet relations when it became the first successful man made earth satellite. It was launched on October 4, 1957.
4th October 1957. Sputnik, the first artificial satellite was launched.
The Soviet Union sent the first spacecraft into space. Sputnik 1 launched on October 4, 1957. A year later in 1958 the United States became the second country to travel into space with the launch of Explorer 1.
Sputnik 1 was designed by the Russians. The year 1957 saw the beginning of the "Space Age", and the beginning of the "Space Race" between the USA and the USSR. The Soviet Union became the first to launch an artificial satellite into orbit around the Earth, on 4 October 1957. The Sputnik spacecraft, meaning 'companion' or 'fellow traveller', weighed 83kg and was about the size of a Basketball. It orbited the Earth approximately every 98 minutes at a speed of 32,000km per hour, 800km above the earth. Sputnik was launched from Kazakhstan, and stayed in orbit for three months, plunging to Earth on 4 January 1958.
Sputnik 1 was designed by the Russians. The year 1957 saw the beginning of the "Space Age", and the beginning of the "Space Race" between the USA and the USSR. The Soviet Union became the first to launch an artificial satellite into orbit around the Earth, on 4 October 1957. The Sputnik spacecraft, meaning 'companion' or 'fellow traveller', weighed 83kg and was about the size of a basketball. It orbited the Earth approximately every 98 minutes at a speed of 32,000km per hour, 800km above the earth. Sputnik was launched from Kazakhstan, and stayed in orbit for three months, plunging to Earth on 4 January 1958.