THE FIRST SPUTNIK

On October 4th, 1957, the world witnessed a momentous event: the launch of this pioneering sphere. This man-created satellite became the first crewed spacecraft to circle the Earth. The achievement of the Soviet Union in sending up Sputnik marked the start of the Space Age, galvanizing nations around the globe to endeavor their own space ventures.

A whisper travels on the breeze, a tale spun from honeyed lies and bitter truths. It speaks of a flow, its waters glinting with the temptation of bliss. But within its depths lurks a venom, a seductive lure that promises power at the cost of innocence. They say those who fall in its current are forever lost by the stream's power, their lives foreve