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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. | ||
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| + | 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. | ||
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| + | Sputnik II carried a dog, named Laika into space on November 3, 1957. | ||
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| + | == See Also == | ||
| + | *[http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/ NASA's files on Sputnik] | ||
Revision as of 04:41, March 10, 2007
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.
Sputnik II carried a dog, named Laika into space on November 3, 1957.