4.10.1957: Der Wettlauf ins All: Sputnik gest...

Jahrhunderte war die Tollwut für viele Menschen das personifizierte Böse - am 6. Juli 1885 gelang es dem französischen Wissenschaftler Louis Pasteur erstmals erfolgreich ein Mittel gegen den Ausbruch der Krankheit einzusetzen. 

Schnell hatte Propagandaminister Goebbels das Potenzial des jungen Mediums Rundfunk erkannt: "Der Rundfunk gehört uns, niemandem sonst. Und den Rundfunk werden wir in den Dienst unserer Idee stellen, und keine andere Idee soll hier zu Wort kommen." 

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The space race officially began on October 4, 1957, at 7:28 PM Moscow Time. That was when Sputnik was launched into orbit as the first artificial satellite, and from that moment, it was on. But when did the space race end? That is a much trickier question and there is no formal a ...  Show more

Sorry about the quality:( something wrong happened with the recording. Happy Cosmonautics Day! Here is the text: 12 апреля Россия отмечает День космонавтики – в этот день в 1961 году на корабле "Восток" стартовал первый космонавт планеты Юрий Гагарин. Полёт первого космонавта про ...  Show more

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite in Earth's orbit.Or was it?For over a hundred years, an object has been seen, heard and photographed by people all around the world. This object became known as the Black Knight Satellite.The signals coming ...  Show more