History, Space Policy, Space Systems

Videos: Sputnik 1 and the start of the Space Age

This month marks 61 years since the launch of the Sputnik 1 satellite by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. Here are three documentaries (of increasing length) about Sputnik and the opening of the Space Age:

https://youtu.be/PtSuZSVwKMw

 

https://youtu.be/3ow6xUQBx_M

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Einstein’s Monsters: The Life and Times of Black Holes