The first man-made satellite passes overhead, making one revolution every 90 minutes. October 5: The Soviet daily newspaper Pravda mentions Sputnik in a short piece at the bottom of page one.

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The Space Race was a battle in the Cold War ... the Soviet space program experienced a major setback due to a fatality. Soyuz One had taken off on April 23, 1967, with Vladimir Komarov aboard.