NASA October 4: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 into earth orbit. The first man-made satellite passes overhead, making one revolution every 90 minutes. October 5: The Soviet daily newspaper ...

1. Man-made Satellites: China's first man-made satellite, the "Dongfanghong-I" was successfully developed and launched on April 24, 1970, making China the fifth country in the world with such ...

On October 4, 1957, the Soviets launched Sputnik. Americans feared the implications of the first man-made satellite orbiting above the Earth. Astronaut Frank Borman recalled, "I was teaching at ...

Each cube-shaped spacecraft is less than 1.5 m across. The shadow-casting satellite holds a disk to block the sun from the telescope on the other satellite. This disk will mimic the Moon in a ...

MOSCOW, August 11. /TASS/. The world's first registered vaccine against the coronavirus infection which was developed in Russia was named Sputnik V, the official vaccine website launched on ...

Challenges: In 1957, the Soviet Sputnik—the world’s first man-made satellite—launched the space race in which the U.S. attempted to catch up with the U.S.S.R. Major Acts: Dwight D. Eisenhower created ...

Despite orbiting almost 400km higher than the highest passenger plane, it is possible to spot our most famous man-made satellite on a clear evening, even without binoculars or a telescope!