Sputnik Gallery

Sputnik 1 stamp. Artwork of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite, on a stamp issued by the communist government of the former Soviet Union. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4th, 1957

Sputnik 1 postcard. Artwork of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite, on a postcard issued by the communist government of the former Soviet Union

Sputnik I prior to its launch on 9 October 1957. Date: 1957

Sputnik I
October 1957: Sputnik I, the first Russian satellite to enter space, displayed on a stand shortly before its launch on October 4, 1957. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, Soviet engineer

A model of Sputnik 1. Photograph, 1957
SPACE: SPUTNIK 1, 1957. A model of Sputnik 1. Photograph, 1957

Sputnik 1 rocket track. Long exposure photograph of the night sky showing the track of the rocket that carried Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite

Sputnik 1 satellite, composite image
Sputnik 1. Composite image of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite against a backdrop of the Moon above Earths horizon. The Sun and the Earth are reflected on the satellites surface

A model of Sputnik III (foreground) and the final stage of the rocket which carried Lunik 2 at Earls Court, July 1961. Date: 1961

A model of Sputnik III at Earls Court July 1961
A model of Sputnik III at Earls Court, July 1961. Date: 1961

A model of Sputnik II at Earls Court July 1961
A model of Sputnik II at Earls Court, July 1961. Date: 1961

A model of Sputnik II in the Soviet Pavilion at the Brussels Fair. 16 April 1958. Date: 1958

Sputnik II

A full-scale replica of Sputnik I is viewed by Isolde Dawe of Acton, London, at the UNESCO International Geophysical Year exhibition at the Royal Geographical Societys headquarters in Kensington

Sputnik-type capsule in Baikonur museum
Sputnik-type capsule, designed to carry animals into space, in Baikonur space museum, Kazakhstan. Photos show Sergei Korolev in July 1954 with a dog that flew on a suborbital rocket

Laika, the first animal in space
Mock-up of Laika, the first animal in space (Sputnik 2, launched on 3 November 1957). The spacesuit is mounted to a restraint for insertion into the capsule

Sputnik model in Baikonur museum
Sputnik model in Baikonur space museum, Kazakhstan

Soviet Sputnik 4 stamp, 1960
Soviet Sputnik 4 stamp commemorating the launch of the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 4 on 15 May 1960. Sputnik 4 was a test-flight of the Vostok spacecraft, which launched the following year

Sputnik 3-1. Failed Soviet spacecraft Proateishyi Sputnik (Sputnik 3-1). The satellite (upper frame) is seen attached to the launch vehicle

Sputnik 1 satellite
Sputnik 1. Artwork of Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite. The Sun and the Earth are reflected on the satellites surface

Space dogs. Soviet researcher checking the space dogs Damka (meaning " little lady" ) and Kozyavka (" beauty", on right) in their space capsule

Vladimir Lapygin, Soviet rocket engineer
Vladimir Lavrentyevich Lapygin (born 1925), Soviet rocket engineer, talking at a meeting. Lapygin was one of the principal designers of the automatic control units for Soviet missiles and spacecraft

Korolev and Sheremetyev, Soviet engineers
Sergey Pavlovich Korolev (left, 1907-1966), and Boris Sheremetyev, Soviet rocket engineers. Korolev, who had worked on rockets in the 1930s

First space mail. On November 21st 1987, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first Sputnik launch, the Soviet Unions agency for space affairs (Glavcosmos)

Model of Sputnik 1, first satellite
Sputnik 1. Model of Sputnik-1, the first artificial satellite. Sputnik 1 was launched on October 4th, 1957 by the former Soviet Union. The name Sputnik is Russian for travel companion or satellite

Soviet spaceflight monument, Russia
Soviet spaceflight monument. Statue of a steelworker holding the Sputnik satellite. This monument was erected to commemorate the achievements of the Soviet Unions space program

Sputnik 1 satellite, computer artwork
Sputnik 1 satellite. Computer artwork of Sputnik 1 re-entering Earths atmosphere. Sputnik is the worlds first artificial satellite and was launched on 4th October 1957 by the former Soviet Union

Illustration of Sputnik 1

Laika the satellite dog in her specially designed contraption in Sputnik II before take-off. Her last meal was poisoned to prevent her dying a slow death of starvation

Soviet technician working on sputnik 1, 1957

Vostok rocket carrying the sputnik 1 satellite on the launch pad in 1957, this is a still from a soviet film of the launch

The rd-1 liquid propellant rocket engine

Russ Satellite Sighted Over S.F. Front page of the San Francisco Chronicle reporting on Sputnik I
SPUTNIK I, 1957. Russ Satellite Sighted Over S.F. Front page of the San Francisco Chronicle reporting on Sputnik I, the first human-made object to orbit the Earth. 5 October, 1957

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