World Space Week: Which countries have sent people to space?
- Sixty-nine years ago this day, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit Earth, opening the Space Age and setting off a race with the United States.
- Ten years later, on October 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty came into force.
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- Sixty-nine years ago this day, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite to orbit Earth, opening the Space Age and setting off a race with the United States.
- Ten years later, on October 10, 1967, the Outer Space Treaty came into force.
Sources: Al Jazeera