Sputnik 1: The Dawn of the Space Age

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Sputnik 1: The Dawn of the Space Age - October 4, 1957

The first successful space flight was on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.

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