It was in all the headlines soviet moon races around the earth russians shocked america the soviet union had made history with sputnik one. Was called like get the lay of the baseball bat and the bushes put a sugar shock admittedly most of us at least didnt know the russians without for all this true record the first shuttle adventure left for. The world had caught sputnik fever people were enthusiastic about the soviets pioneering achievement. Was just ducky im pleased that the soviet union was the country that produced this masterpiece. Melodrama ground ladies and gentlemen these are the sensational signals from space soviet russia has won the competition with the u. S. To put a satellite in orbit. These are the first signals from space. One of my favorite is a long queue sputnik you gave the world a bucket. Of. Baikonur is the place from where sputnik one opened the gateway to space on october fourth one nine hundred fifty seven. Two years before the historic sputnik flight a broad