The space race begins with the launch of Sputnik (Russian for traveler) by an indigenously developed and modified R-7 ICBM (NATO Codename SS-6 Sapwood).
R-7 Семёрка/SS-6 SAPWOOD
Design work began at OKB-1 (later S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia ) in Kaliningrad (now Korolev ) and other divisions in 1953 with the requirement for a two-stage [...]
Stumble it!
Stumble It!
