MOSCOW -- On October 4, 1957, my father, Nikita Khrushchev, awaited a telephone call. Chief Designer Sergei Korolev was expected to call from the Tyuratam launch site (later renamed Baikonur Cosmodrome) in Kazakhstan to report on the launch of the world’s first man-made satellite.
Москва - 4-го октября 1957 года мой отец Никита Хрущев ждал телефонного звонка.