* Astronomy

Reginald Turnill, former BBC Space Correspondent and winner of the Arthur C Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award 2006, is to give an open lecture at the University of Kent on Wednesday 23 May. Titled 50 years: Russias Sputnik-1 to Apollo and the Space Shuttle, his lecture will take place at 6pm in the Br...

This day 48 years ago the Russians launched the first artificial satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan which demonstrated the technological superiority of Communism… The launch of Sputnik in 1957 marked the start of the space age. [url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office...

For nearly 50 years, Bob Morgan and his family have kept a box full of charred debris that they swear fell out of the early morning sky on Dec. 8, 1957. Although no one has ever confirmed what the objects were, Mr. Morgan has long believed that he has a piece — or 13 pieces to be exact — of one of the most famous...

It took the television game show "Millionaire," a radio commentary and printed column by Manitowoc Mayor Kevin Crawford, and a suggestion by Kim Geimer, owner of Persimmons Art Gallery, to bring back the idea of a special festival here to commemorate the day fragments of the Russian spa...

Russian space enthusiasts are kicking off a year of major anniversaries on Friday with ceremonies marking the centenary of the birth of Sergei Korolyov, the founder of the Soviet space program and quite possibly the man most responsible for sparking the “space race.” September brings the 150...

Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified Wednesday an agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on further cooperation in effective use of the Baikonur launching site ,Kazakhstan, till 2050. The agreement was backed by all the 403 parliamentarians present, with 22...

Sputnik's designer forgotten Natalia Koroleva wants you to know her father's name You probably don't know the name of Natalia Koroleva's father, and that makes her sad. That's why she's here. That's why the prominent surgeon/medical school professor came all the way from Moscow to tell you about h...

Jacksonville astronomers had their first close-up look at the rocket casing of Russias Sputnik III satellite. Ernest Rowland, president of the Jacksonville Astronomy Club, reported an excellent sighting of the rocket section. The casing was 12 feet long and 5 feet in diameter and was estimated t...

50th Anniversary (1960), Sputnik 5 Launch (Carried Dogs Belka & Strelka) Korabl-Sputnik 2, also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. Ot was the first spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely b...

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Sputnik 50 years: Russia’s Sputnik-1 to Apollo and the Space Shuttle (Preview)	Events	1	2104	Oct 3 11:50 2007 by Blobrana
Reginald Turnill, former BBC Space Correspondent and winner of the Arthur C Clarke Lifetime Achievement Award 2006, is to give an open lecture at the University of Kent on Wednesday 23 May. Titled 50 years: Russias Sputnik-1 to Apollo and the Space Shuttle, his lecture will take place at 6pm in the Br...
Sputnik Sputnik ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Events	23	16612	Oct 3 23:01 2011 by Blobrana
This day 48 years ago the Russians launched the first artificial satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan which demonstrated the technological superiority of Communism… The launch of Sputnik in 1957 marked the start of the space age. [url=http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office...
Sputnik Sputnik I Satellite (Preview)	Mission News	5	2372	Jan 4 07:47 2013 by Blobrana
For nearly 50 years, Bob Morgan and his family have kept a box full of charred debris that they swear fell out of the early morning sky on Dec. 8, 1957. Although no one has ever confirmed what the objects were, Mr. Morgan has long believed that he has a piece — or 13 pieces to be exact — of one of the most famous...
Sputnik Sputnik IV Satellite (Preview)	General news	2	4672	May 14 22:08 2011 by Blobrana
It took the television game show "Millionaire," a radio commentary and printed column by Manitowoc Mayor Kevin Crawford, and a suggestion by Kim Geimer, owner of Persimmons Art Gallery, to bring back the idea of a special festival here to commemorate the day fragments of the Russian spa...
Sputnik Person Sergei Korolyov (Preview)	General news	2	5754	Jan 12 13:36 2007 by Blobrana
Russian space enthusiasts are kicking off a year of major anniversaries on Friday with ceremonies marking the centenary of the birth of Sergei Korolyov, the founder of the Soviet space program and quite possibly the man most responsible for sparking the “space race.” September brings the 150...
Sputnik Spaceport Baikonur lease ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview)	Astronomy News	24	23131	Apr 8 23:19 2013 by Blobrana
Russia's lower house of parliament, the State Duma, ratified Wednesday an agreement between Russia and Kazakhstan on further cooperation in effective use of the Baikonur launching site ,Kazakhstan, till 2050. The agreement was backed by all the 403 parliamentarians present, with 22...
Sputnik Sergio Korolev (Preview)	General news	0	1588	Jan 30 19:59 2008 by Blobrana
Sputnik's designer forgotten Natalia Koroleva wants you to know her father's name You probably don't know the name of Natalia Koroleva's father, and that makes her sad. That's why she's here. That's why the prominent surgeon/medical school professor came all the way from Moscow to tell you about h...
Sputnik Sputnik III satellite (Preview)	Mission News	3	3888	May 16 02:54 2012 by Blobrana
Jacksonville astronomers had their first close-up look at the rocket casing of Russias Sputnik III satellite. Ernest Rowland, president of the Jacksonville Astronomy Club, reported an excellent sighting of the rocket section. The casing was 12 feet long and 5 feet in diameter and was estimated t...
Sputnik Sputnik 5 (Preview)	Space missions	3	2344	Aug 19 05:42 2012 by Blobrana
50th Anniversary (1960), Sputnik 5 Launch (Carried Dogs Belka & Strelka) Korabl-Sputnik 2, also known as Sputnik 5 in the West, was a Soviet artificial satellite, and the third test flight of the Vostok spacecraft. Ot was the first spaceflight to send animals into orbit and return them safely b...