Military Engineering and Space Academy named after A.F. Mozhaisky in St. Petersburg

Russia. Saint Petersburg. An employee of the A. F. Mozhaisky Military Engineering and Space Academy during a demonstration of a copy of the first Soviet artificial Earth satellite "PS-1", stored in the academy's museum. The first artificial Earth satellite was launched into orbit on October 4, 1957, marking the beginning of space exploration. Yuri Belinsky/TASS