R-7 and Sputnik Launches

Footage of the R-7 ICBM and the modified version used to launch the first Sputnik satellites.

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• Soviet
• Sputnik
• Rocket
• Space

[brtshstel]

ah yes. this happened in the early days of the cold war. This very event is what started the true panic, and cemented the constant paranoia of nuclear holocaust. It's fascinating how science and war are connected.

[DonPMitchell]

Putting an object into orbit is proof you can put something on a ballistic trajectory to anywhere on the planet. Think of that famous drawing of Newton with the cannon on the mountain top.

[justwatch000]

was there any oxygen in the room where the dog was? Just curious to know.

[DonPMitchell]

Yes, Laika's capsule contained panels of potassium superoxide, which absorbs carbon dioxide and emits oxygen. The Russians used this technique in manned flights too, which allowed them to retain an oxygen nitrogen atmosphere, instead of the more dangerous use of pure compressed oxygen like American flights.

[sputnikfreedom]

i love the sputnik...yeah...long life for all russian technology...!

[ruiner4242]

Live forever, Laika.

[DonPMitchell]

@ajht83 The Russians sacrificed Laika, but most of their geophysical rockets and later sputniks returned dogs to earth alive. The US sent up a number of monkeys on V-2 rockets, and almost all of them were killed. They just kept naming them all "Albert", and it wasn't obvious they were all dying one after another.

[ajht83]

@NathanIsReallyBored

Here's a video of NASA flying animals into space. It's interesting to notice how the test-animals are treated just like objects, -that goes for both sides. Times have changed!

[KetchPhraz]

Thats a big rocket for a little satellite

[Akumalive]

Its not a russian victory, its a Human victory.

long life to the space heroes

[davidlucasfer]

espectacular

[DonPMitchell]

Music is Dmitri Shostakovich.

[ingareinar007]

Thanx for the vide. I think the Americans called that sattelite for "Alpha 57"

[NathanIsReallyBored]

There's something about them launching that dog into space that just gives me the feeling that if they did it now it'd really piss PETA off.

Good footage..........reminds me of My week at Space Camp

[Toyotomi]

Interesting Video, Thanks for posting!