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SPACED OUT: Russia launching Sputnik marked the beginning of a never ending 'space race'.

SPACED OUT: Russia launching Sputnik marked the beginning of a never ending

Sputnik: 50 years since its successful launch

On October 4, 1957 the world witnessed the successful launch of the first-ever artificial satellite. The Russians put the first man-made object in outer space and it was called the Sputnik. And the significance of the event was to start a never ending 'space race'.

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