It was smaller and lighter than the Sputniks (30.80 lbs. v. Sputnik I’s 184 lbs., Sputnik II’s 1,120 lbs.). But its mere appearance in orbit only 84 days after Defense Secretary Neil McElroy ...

The statement came as a result of the successful launching of Sputnik II. Muscovite philosophical about events MOSCOW, Nov. 4, 1957 (UP) - A Muscovite in a streetcorner interview took a ...

As they circle the earth, crossing each other’s orbits every 50 minutes or so, the U.S. satellite Explorer and the Soviet Sputnik II stay true to their national characters. Sputnik II is silent ...

Their maiden launch was followed less than a month later by Sputnik II, a 500-kg capsule that carried a dog called Laika into space; including the still-attached upper stage, six tonnes went into ...

On November 3rd 1957 the Soviet Union launched its Sputnik II spacecraft into orbit. The satellite carried Laika the dog, who became the first living creature to orbit the planet. This is our ...

Laika was the only crew member of the second artificial satellite in history, Sputnik II. By the end of the 1950s, the space race, the conquest of space, although not yet at its peak, occupied an ...

Whipple reported 11 new sightings of Sputnik II yesterday morning and announced that an improved orbit had been calculated for the rocket, giving its apogee at 1013 miles and its perigee at 140.

Sputnik was followed a month later on 3 November 1957 by Sputnik II, carrying a dog called Laika, who became the first living creature in space. Laika did not survive the flight, but in May 1959 ...

The statement came as a result of the successful launching of Sputnik II. Muscovite philosophical about events MOSCOW, Nov. 4, 1957 (UP) - A Muscovite in a streetcorner interview took a ...