Der Sputnik-Schock
The news that the Soviet Union had succeeded in launching an artificial moon for the first time in history on October 4, 1957 hit like a bombshell. Sputnik1 is the talk of the town. A metal ball weighing 83 kg with a diameter of 58 cm, hurtling around the globe at cosmic speed.
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The news that the Soviet Union had succeeded in launching an artificial moon for the first time in history on October 4, 1957 hit like a bombshell. Sputnik1 is the talk of the town. A metal ball weighing 83 kg with a diameter of 58 cm, hurtling around the globe at cosmic speed.
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