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The Sputnik I (Russian: Спутник I) was launched at 19:28:34 UTC, on October 4, 1957, from Site No.1 at NIIP-5 by the Soviet Union.

It weighed 183 pounds and only took 98 minutes to orbit the Earth. It was the beginning of a new space age. The public from Europe to the U.S. feared the Soviet's launching satellites could change into launching ballistic missiles that could carry nuclear weapons. On November 3, 1957, Sputnik II was launched carrying a dog named 'Laika.'

The first US satellite was Explorer I on January 31, 1958.

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Sputnik one had only radio equipment on it.

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Sputnik 1 was created by the Soviet Union, the Russians

The team was lead by Sergei Korolev

(He was the Chief Designer)

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Sputnik 1 and the other space satellites were the cumination of an effort by the USSR to gain dominance in the use of Earth orbits. In addition to improving reconnaisance, navigation, and weather forecasting, satellites would yield valuable scientific data for military use (including the interaction of the Earth's magnetic field with communications transmission). During the Cold War with the US, each side sought an edge in technology, including space exploitation.
The principal scientific purpose for Sputnik was to study the density of the upper atmosphere.

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For past years earth-based satellite imagery in Google Earth you can select 'Historical Imagery' under View menu. This shows a timeline slider from which to select available satellite and aerial imagery from the past.

NASA also provides vast archives of satellite imagery much of which are available online such as the NASA Image Gallery

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Americans were worried. A country that could put a satellite into orbit round the earth obviously had the kind of rockets that could send a nuclear warhead thousands of miles. The National Defense Education Act was to increase of the math, science and education These event created NASA because of the passing of the National Aeronautics and Space Act.

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Space Shuttles have people inside then but Sputnik don't

The two have just about nothing in common....they were both launched by rockets - although very different ones. It would be useful to check out the links to the left to see the huge difference.

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Sputnik I was launched by Soviet Union on October 4,1957. The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of the football.

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The idea was first suggested in 1954 by Korolev, and development started in early 1956, so it took about a year and a half to build until launch in 1957.

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They had many attempts at satellites and eventually made NASA.

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Kinky comes from the word kink, meaning a (more or less permanent) twist in a rope. The word was first used as a jocular synonym for perverted around 1960.

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It was made out of AMG6T aluminum alloy 2mm thick

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Tit is a very old variant of the word teat, meaning nipple. Its usage for the human breast is also old, but is considered vulgar.

Humor (fiction): It may have also come from the inventor of the bra, who's last name was Titzling. The connection between his name, and the bra being a type of sling for ones breast. So, people called the bra a tit sling, hence the word tit originated.

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No one.

It was launched into low-Earth orbit and stayed there until it fell back in the atmosphere and burned up.

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A Stickler is someone who unyieldingly insists on something. The earliest Sticklers were umpires or referees at wrestling or fencing matches. The word comes from the Anglo-Saxon 'Stihtan' - to arrange or regulate. I must admit I had a good idea where it came from. I saw an article in our 1860 newspapers about Cornish wrestling and the referees were called "sticklers". So I presumed it was a Cornish word but maybe it had currency in Wales and Ireland too.

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1. The discovery of Pluto by Claud Tombaugh

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According to the American Heritage

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NASA

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Sputnik with its puppy dog passenger( Laika ) was launched in October 1957, and remained in orbit until early 1958, when it reentered EarthÂ’s atmosphere and burned up

Sputnik 1 was in orbit for 3 months, completing 1440 orbits.

Sputnik 2, Laika's flight, was in orbit for 162 days. There were other missions, but these two, especially Sputnik 1, were the ones to capture the world's - especially the US'- attention.

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The name comes from Afrikaans/Dutch spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle. The company, founded in 1895, was originally called Mercury Sports but was renamed Reebok in 1958.

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No. Sputnik 1 burned up on 4 January 1958, as it fell from orbit upon reentering Earth's atmosphere

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Gallium, Silicon and Aluminum

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-Peter