the entire world experienced the Sputnik moment when the first artificial satellite orbited the Earth. Sputnik 1's liftoff on Oct. 4, 1957 sparked worries in the U.S., made all the more vexing by ...

The first artificial satellite in human history is Sputnik 1, launched by the former Soviet Union on Oct. 4, 1957. At that time, the United States, engaged in the Cold War with the Soviet Union ...

When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could receive the beeps transmitted by the satellite provided they had some ...

MOSCOW, Dec. 6--Nikita Khrushchev declared tonight part of the carrier rocket of Sputnik I fell in the United ... International Teamsters Union by a 5-1 margin on charges it is dominated by ...