How are Sputnik 1 and Blue Origin connected?

One route through 2 sourced connections

4 scenes, drawn from sourced links. Scroll to play, or press Watch.

Shows routes of sourced links. Not influence, intent or wrongdoing.

How are Sputnik 1 and Blue Origin connected? Here is one route, through 2 sourced connections.

Step 1 of 2.

19 May 2023

Step 2 of 2.

NASA awarded a contract to Blue Origin. $3.4B, Artemis V human landing system.

That is one route from Sputnik 1 to Blue Origin. Another runs through DARPA, Lawrence Preston Gise and Jeff Bezos. The explorer shows every route and lets you filter by lens, time and perspective.

A connection is not evidence of wrongdoing.

Every step cites its sources. Routes are ranked by the public methodology in content/methodology/paths.yaml.