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Topic: Sputnik (disambiguation)

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Laika: laika dog, laika come home After the success of Sputnik 1, Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviet leader, wanted a second spacecraft launched on November 7, the 40th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution. A model of Sputnik 2, Laika's space vehicle. There was a much more sophisticated satellite already under construction, but it would not be ready until December. winelib.com /wiki/Laika   (2183 words)

Articles - Laika According to a paper he presented to the World Space Congress in Houston, Texas, "It was practically impossible to create a reliable system of a temperature control in such small [sic] term".[2] Sputnik 2 was finally destroyed during reentry on April 14, 1958 after 2,570 orbits. She was launched into space on Sputnik 2, a Soviet spacecraft, on November 4, 1957. A plaque commemorating fallen cosmonauts was unveiled at the Institute for Aviation and Space Medicine in Star City, Moscow in November 1997, and in one corner of the plaque there is an image of Laika. lastring.com /articles/Laika?mySession=c7c6686f9be2f5c570c1dc3415c695fd   (2183 words)

Satellite - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia On July 31, the Soviets announced that they intended to launch a satellite by the fall of 1957 and on October 4, 1957 Sputnik I was launched into orbit, which triggered the Space Race between the two nations. Navigation satellites are satellites which use radio time signals transmitted to enable mobile receivers on the ground to determine their exact location. Drag-free satellites are satellites that offers an environment that is as isolated as possible from the forces of nature. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Satellite   (2183 words)

Space Race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The American public, initially discouraged and frightened by Sputnik, became captivated by the American projects which followed. Some observers have argued that the high economic cost of the space race, along with the extremely expensive arms race, eventually deepened the economic crisis of the Soviet system during the late 1970's and 80's and was one of the factors that led to the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Space Race became an important part of the cultural and technological rivalry between the USSR and the U.S. during the Cold War. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Space_Race   (2183 words)

> Soviet Union at abcworld.net During this period the Soviet Union launched the first satellite Sputnik 1 and man Yuri Gagarin into orbit. Nikita Khrushchev, who won the power struggle by the mid-1950s, denounced Stalin's use of terror and eased repressive controls over party and society (see de-Stalinization). In the absence of an acceptable successor, the highest Communist Party officials opted to rule the Soviet Union jointly, although a struggle for power took place behind the facade of collective leadership. abcworld.net /Soviet_Union.html   (5026 words)

Encyclopedia entries starting with DEF For alternative meanings see definition (disambiguation) A definition may be a statement of the essential properties of a certain thing, or a statement of equivalence between a term and that term's meaning. DARPA was established in 1958 in response to the Soviet launching of Sputnik, with the mission of keeping the US's.. The Defiance Campaign was presented by the African National Congress (ANC) at a conference held in Bloemfontein, South Africa in December 1951. encycl.opentopia.com /D/DE/DEF   (8061 words)

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