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‘Sputnik’ Review: A Return From Space, With a Little Something This Russian sci-fi horror picture strongly advises that what you find in space should stay there. Share full article ...

The object that started the Space Race was small and deceptively simple. Sputnik 1 was a metal sphere about two feet wide, and it carried only a radio transmitter and four antennas - no sensors ...

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Although Sputnik 1 contained only a simple radio transmitter that broadcast a beeping signal, the spacecraft marked the dawn of space utilization and exploration.

Sputnik also lacked a heat shield, so when it finally reentered Earth's atmosphere on January 4, 1958, the friction against it and molecules in the air incinerated the tiny spacecraft. In total ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. On October 4, 1957, imagination became reality when the launch of Sputnik made space travel ...

Fifty years ago this week, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first man-made satellite, into space. On the anniversary of the turning point in space exploration, a NASA historian and a science ...