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The Beginning of the Sputnik Project
At this time the Soviet Union was planing to send an artificial satellite into orbit. The main designer was Sergei P. Korolev. Source: Wikipedia -
Us Announces Plans
President Eisenhower said that the US would send an artificial satellite into space. Source: Wikipedia -
Plan for Sputnik Approved
The Council of Ministers, a part of the Soviet goverment, approved a plan that would become Sputnik. Source: Wikipedia -
Launch of Sputnik 1
The USSR sent Sputnik into space as the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. Source: Milestones of Flight -
Launch of Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched from the Earth. It was difrent from Sputnik 1 because it it had a dog in it . This made it the first biological spacecraft. Source: NASA -
Sputnik 1 Started to Die
After 92 days in orbit, Sputnik 1 started to die. After about 1400 trips around the Earth, its orbit started to decay. Source: NASA -
The Launch of Explorer 1
The US used a Jupiter-C rocket to put Explorer 1 into to orbit. Eploxer 1 was America's first articifial satellite. Now that the US and the USSR has launched satellites, the Space Race was on. Source: Milestones of FlightT -
Launch of Vangaurd 1
The US sent their second artificial satellite into space. They were in the space race fully. Source: Wikipedia
