October 4, 1957 -- "HERE'S RUSSIAN MO0N -- Moscow -- This first official picture of the Soviet satellite was released in Moscow, showing the four-antennaed moon resting on a pedestal. (AP Wirephoto via radio)." This clipping is fifty years old now. I cut it from the Arkansas Democrat when I was just a boy. |
SPUTNIK Shown here resting on a pedestal before it was launched on October 4th, 1957 |