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.
莫斯科&#45;&#45;1957年10月4日，我的父亲赫鲁晓夫在等候一个电话。总设计师科罗廖夫应当从位于哈萨克斯坦的丘拉塔姆发射场(后来更名为拜科努尔发射基地)打电话汇报世界上第一个人造地球卫星的发射情况。