November 3 – Launch of
Sputnik 2, with a dog called
Laika on board, the first animal sent into orbit. There is no technology available to return it to Earth.
December 6 – The United States attempts launch of
Vanguard TV3 which fails after just two seconds in the air.
Project Orion begins, a U.S. program to build a spacecraft powered by nuclear explosions.
April –
IBM delivers the first
compiler for the
FORTRAN scientific
programming language. It becomes the most widely used computer language for technical work.
^Gliese, W. (1957). "Katalog der Sterne näher ALS 20 Parsek für 1950.0". Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg Mitteilungen Serie A. 8. Heidelberg: Astronomischen Rechen-Institut: 1.
Bibcode:
1957MiABA...8....1G.
^Clausen, Torben (August 2007). "J.C. Skou identified Na+/K+-ATPase pump – a breakthrough and its significance". Ugeskrift for Læger (in Danish). 169 (35): 2897.
PMID17878005.
November 3 – Launch of
Sputnik 2, with a dog called
Laika on board, the first animal sent into orbit. There is no technology available to return it to Earth.
December 6 – The United States attempts launch of
Vanguard TV3 which fails after just two seconds in the air.
Project Orion begins, a U.S. program to build a spacecraft powered by nuclear explosions.
April –
IBM delivers the first
compiler for the
FORTRAN scientific
programming language. It becomes the most widely used computer language for technical work.
^Gliese, W. (1957). "Katalog der Sterne näher ALS 20 Parsek für 1950.0". Astronomisches Rechen-Institut Heidelberg Mitteilungen Serie A. 8. Heidelberg: Astronomischen Rechen-Institut: 1.
Bibcode:
1957MiABA...8....1G.
^Clausen, Torben (August 2007). "J.C. Skou identified Na+/K+-ATPase pump – a breakthrough and its significance". Ugeskrift for Læger (in Danish). 169 (35): 2897.
PMID17878005.