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From 1957 to 1958 during the cold war, the ** Soviet Union ** and the ** United States ** competed in something called a ** Space Race **. They raced against each other to see who could do as many "1st" in space. Sergei Korolev led the team that developed it. The ** Soviet Union ** got the lead in the race by launching the ** Sputnik ** on October 4, 1957. It orbited the Earth every 96 minutes. Sputnik weighed 184 lbs, it orbited the Earth until Janurary 4, 1958. It burned up as it re-entered Earth's atmosphere. Sputnik had two radio transmitters, and was two times the size of a basketball. The radio transmitters lasted for 21 days, until the batteries died. Sputnik is a russian word for "traveler. The Original Sputnik

** Sputnik 2 ** was the second spacecraft sent into space by the Soviet Union on ** November 3, 1957 **. Also, it was the first spacecraft that carried a living dog. The dog's name was ** Laika **, which ended up dying due to heat conditions. Sputnik 2 was cone shaped and 4m high and the base in diameter was 2m. It orbited the earth for ** 162 days ** before it returned back to the Earth on ** April 14, 1958 **. Sputnik 2 & Laika

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