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Space Race

By Owen Spell

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    Launched by the Soviet Union October 4, 1957.
    The world's first artificial Earth satellite launched by the Russians.

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit, on November 3, 1957.First spacecraft to carry a living animal, a dog named Laika, who died a few hours after the launch.