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added some facts abot Sputnik 1, reworded a few sentences
'''Sputnik''' was launched in 1957 by the [[Soviet Union]] as the first spacecraft to carry a living being, a dog, into outer space.
'''Sputnik''' was launched in 1957 by the [[Soviet Union]] as the first spacecraft to carry a living being, a dog, into outer space.
*''Sputnik I'', launched [[October]] 4, 1957, carried an artificial satellite into orbit. It caused a bit of a scare in the [[USA]], that the Soviet Union got a satellite into orbit first. It was about the size of a basketball with antennas sticking out of it. It had 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. ''Sputnki I'' was about the size of a basketball with antennas sticking out of it, contained a beeping radio transmitter <ref>CNN: Cold War Vol. 3 - Documentary</ref>, and weighing 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 AD. 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 AD. Laika was originally a stray, and she died a while after the launch.
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== See Also ==
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