Russia π·πΊ @Russia
#OTD in 1954 the "father-to-be of spaceflight" Sergei #Korolev sent a memorandum βOn an artificial satellite of the Earthβ to the Defence Minister Dmitry #Ustinov proposing to develop an artificial #satellite. π It was launched into space on 4 October, 1957. #HumbleBeginnings https://t.co/3rnIAuGftx — PolitiTweet.org