Search the archive:
YaBB - Yet another Bulletin Board
 
   
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print
October 4, 1957, the Launch of Sputnik 1 (Read 207 times)
Oct 4th, 2005 at 6:16pm

RichieB16   Offline
Colonel
January 27, 1967
Oregon

Gender: male
Posts: 4408
*****
 
On this date in 1957 the Soviet Union successifully launched Sputnik 1 using a R-7 Rocket, the world's first artifical satelite.  It would orbit Earth for 2 months sending out a beeping radio signal simply to display its presence.  It reentered 1/3/1958.

This marked the beginning of the space age.
 
IP Logged
 
Reply #1 - Oct 4th, 2005 at 10:39pm

denishc   Offline
Colonel
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!

Posts: 1018
*****
 
.......and the adventure begins.
 
IP Logged
 
Page Index Toggle Pages: 1
Send Topic Print