Russian Space Plans Date: 08.01.1955 Only a few days after America announced its intentions to send a probe into space, Russia announced its intention to launch an Earth satellite.
Left to right: Vereschetin, Mr. Sannikov-Soviet State Security; Professor Kyrill F. Ogorodikov, Astronomy, Leningrad University; Leonid Ivanovich Sedov, Specialist in mechanics, USSR Academy of Sciences.
