"A surprisingly powerful rocket launched from Kazakhistan"...............as the doc on the space exploration put in on the 2nd floor of the Air and Space museum...........


Sputnik launched - Oct 04, 1957 - HISTORY.com

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The Soviet Union inaugurates the “Space Age” with its launch of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. The spacecraft, named Sputnik after the Russian word for “satellite,” was launched at 10:29 p.m. Moscow time from the Tyuratam launch base in the Kazakh Republic. Sputnik had a diameter of 22 inches and weighed ...