Wednesday 4 October 2017

60 years ago: Sputnik 1


beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep
that's how it all began


Picture by JR. CHINREST

There is a very interesting 4th October 2017 article
by Matthew Bodner in Spacenews.com
on the former Soviet Union and on Russia's space endeavours,
entitled "60 years after Sputnik, Russia is lost in space".