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More than half a century ago the USSR accelerated the space race with the launch of Sputnik 1. | National Geographic UK

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How Sputnik captivated the world Robert Hornsby explains how the...

On December 6 1957 the United States made its first attempt to launch a satellite which ended in a fiery explosion on the Cape Canaveral launch pad The Vanguard TV3 rocket was meant to counter Soviet Sputnik successes but it rose only four feet before losing thrust and exploding in a massive fireball The media dubbed it Kaputnik and Flopnik and the failure forced a change in strategy that led to the US Army program launching Explorer 1 on January 31 1958 and marking a turning point in the space

29K views · 400 reactions | #OTD in 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1, beating the US to launch the first man-made satellite into space. Learn about the space race and the trials of the Cold War in Atomic Age Declassified: Spies in Space tonight at 11 pm. #SpaceWeek #WorldSpaceWeek | Smithsonian Channel Aviation Nation | Facebook