The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, and initiating the Soviet Sputnik program, with Sergei Korolev as chief designer (there is a crater on the lunar far side which bears his name).he first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, and initiating the Soviet Sputnik program, with Sergei Korolev as chief designer (there is a crater on the lunar far side which bears his name).
Columbo's car is a Peugeot model 403 Grande Luxe Cabriolet (convertible), manufactured in Sochaux, France, by SA Des Automobiles Peugeot. Different sources identify it as a 1959 or a 1960 -- probably there is one of each, including the original and the stand-in cars.
Car and Driver says Hillary Clinton drives a Mercury Mariner Hybrid, a small SUV that gets 34 mpg in city driving. The Mariner Hybrid is a cousin to the same Ford Escape Hybrid reportedly driven by Al Gore and John Edwards. This doesn't necessarily mean Mrs. Clinton is aligned with Democratic voters, however. In our own U.S. News Rankings & Reviews web survey, only 20 percent of Democrat respondents say they drive an SUV, compared with nearly 30 percent of Republicans. Barack Obama picked the Chrysler 300C sedan as his running mate, according to Car and Driver. The 300C is a gas guzzler, relatively speaking, netting only 18 mpg in the city. As for the Republican candidates, Car and Driver reports that John McCain gets around in a Cadillac CTS sedan, while the Chicago Tribune says Mike Huckabee drives a Chevrolet Tahoe SUV.