Earth's Space Age began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union successfully launched the first human-made satellite into space, much to the surprise and disappointment of the United States ...

On Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the satellite that started the Space Race. Sputnik 1 was the first human-made object to orbit the Earth, and it set off a wave of fear and anxiety ...

Launched on August 19 1960, Korabl-Sputnik 2, also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. It was the first spaceflight ...

After a series of bright, meteorlike objects had shone in Middle Western skies, and cops picked up a 20-lb. piece of hot steel on a quiet Wisconsin street, word got out that a Soviet Sputnik had ...

Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media users are said to show Laika, a 13-pound stray from Moscow who became the first dog in space after being launched into low orbit aboard Sputnik ...

Jerry Slover (left), Glasford, and George Kocker, Oblong, man a radio listening post set up to track the Russian satellite Sputnik I. Kenneth Piletic, LaSalle, posts a notice to passers-by to keep ...

Black-and-white photographs authentically show Laika, a Moscow mutt sent to space aboard Sputnik 2 in 1957. Rating: True (About this rating?) Black-and-white photographs shared by some social media ...