1957 in science - Wikipedia
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WEB1957 in science. The year 1957 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Astronomy and space exploration. Sputnik 1. October 4 – Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, by an R-7 Semyorka rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome near Tyuratam in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic.
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