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Sputnik 1, Russian satellite, 1957. Launched on 4 October 1957, Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. The success of the mission caused panic in the United States, which had believed it held the lead in space technology, and sparked the Space Race between the two global superpowers. Found in the collection of the State Museum of History, Moscow.
Location
Museum of History/Moscow/Russia
Unique Identifier
AR995086
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
2658px × 3969px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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1950s
20th century
Cold War
color
concept
country
DECADE
Exploration
FIFTIES
Fine Art Images
FIRST
LOCATION
Photograph
Politics
russia
Russian
Satellite
SOVIET
Soviet Union
Space
space flight
space programme
SPACECRAFT
Sputnik 1
Technology
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
USSR