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Sputnik at 50: An improvised triumph (AP)

In this image made available by Ria Novosti, Jan. 11, 2007, Yuri Gagarin, left, the first human in space, and Soviet space designer Sergei Korolyov are seen in Moscow on Sept. 15, 1961. Korolyov's work and even his name were Soviet secrets until after his death in 1966. Yet a century after his birth, on Jan. 12, 1907, he is revered as a visionary who started the space age, the man who led the team that put the world's first satellite into orbit in 1957 and sent the first human into space. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti)AP - When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.

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