Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, compared the test to that pivotal event during the Cold War: “I don’t know if it’s quite a Sputnik moment,” he said, “but I think ...

The Cold War propaganda campaign, fueled by planning for an ICBM-launched nuclear war, led the Soviet Union to launch Sputnik. The U.S. response, ...

Sputnik's spawn: How the Cold War created astrobiology The story of Joshua Lederbeg, who with a young Carl Sagan helped pioneer the search for extraterrestrial life. By Caleb Scharf.

"Sputnik Mania" movie review: Through archival footage, expert testimony and thankfully limited use of re-enactments, documentary filmmaker David Hoffman provides a lively look back at Russia's ...

There was a long list of spy satellites that soared through space during the Cold War, but Sputnik-1 was not one of them. Sputnik kicked the U.S. space agency into action.

The Cold War was a period of high tension, primarily between the U.S. and Soviet Union. ... After the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the U.S. had to play catchup. In 1958, ...

Russia has maintained a delicate balancing act in the Middle East for decades, trying to navigate its warm relations with ...

Earth’s first-ever artificial satellite Sputnik launched on October 4, 1957. In that moment, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union transformed into a race to dominate not ...

Sputnik made a complete orbit of the Earth every 96.2 minutes. In its three-month life, it orbited the planet 1,440 times. ... Hepped up by the intensities of the Cold War, ...

Sputnik’s launch wounded America’s “national ego” and was likened to a “bloodless Pearl ... Cold War intensifies as Russia launches Sputnik. By A. D. Rothman. October 3, 2022 — 12 ...

In 1957, the sense of security the United States had come to accept after America’s victory in World War II drastically changed. The NBC radio broadcast on the night of Oct. 4 told its audience ...