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[[File:Sputnik.jpg|thumb|400px|The Sputnik in 1957 was the greatest triumph of Soviet technology]]

[[File:Sputnik.jpg|thumb|400px|The Sputnik in 1957 was the greatest triumph of Soviet technology]]

*''Sputnik I'', launched [[October]] 4, 1957, carried an artificial satellite into orbit. It caused some concern in the [[USA]], that the Soviet Union were the first to launch a satellite into orbit. ''Sputnik I'' was about the size of a beach ball (58cm or 22.8inches in diameter),<ref>[http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ NASA's files on Sputnik]</ref> had antennas sticking out of it, contained a beeping radio transmitter<ref>CNN: Cold War Vol. 3 - Documentary</ref>, and weighed only 183 pounds.<ref>http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/</ref> This success started the [[Space Race]] between the USSR and the USA.

*''Sputnik I'', launched [[October]] 4, 1957, carried an artificial satellite into orbit. It caused some concern in the [[USA]], that the Soviet Union were the first to launch a satellite into orbit. ''Sputnik I'' was about the size of a beach ball (58&nbsp;cm or 22.8inches in diameter),<ref>[http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ NASA's files on Sputnik]</ref> had antennas sticking out of it, contained a beeping radio transmitter,<ref>CNN: Cold War Vol. 3 - Documentary</ref> and weighed only 183 pounds.<ref>http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/</ref> This success started the [[Space Race]] between the USSR and the USA.

*''Sputnik II'' carried a dog named Laika (Russian:  Лайка) into space on November 3, 1957.  Laika was originally a stray, and she died a while after the launch.

*''Sputnik II'' carried a dog named Laika (Russian:  Лайка) into space on November 3, 1957.  Laika was originally a stray, and she died a while after the launch.

== See Also ==

== See also ==

*[http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ NASA's files on Sputnik]

*[http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ NASA's files on Sputnik]