The History: Orville and Wilbur set up camp about 1/2 mile away from the Tate's.

The Wright Camp - October, 1900

Very coincidently, 57 years later on October 4, 1957, the "Space Race" will begin as the Soviet Union launches the first manmade earth satellite, Sputnik. Sputnik, which means "traveling companion" in Russian, was less than two feet long. However it orbited the earth and was able to transmit signals back to earth.

Sputnik Launched October 4, 1957

Less than a month later Russia sent a second satellite, Sputnik II, into space carrying a dog named "Laika".