But on October 4, 1957, the Kremlin announced the launch of Sputnik, the world’s first ... To attract able and promising young men and women into the fields of science and engineering it is ...

The Soviets called it sputnik, meaning simply “satellite” or “fellow traveler.” But to American space-watchers of 60 years ago, the satellite that launched on Oct. 4, 1957 had many ...

It was the beginning of the space age: the launch by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957 of Sputnik 1 ... bleeping signal back home. As New Scientist noted, there was less admiration for the ...

“Space ships are only a few years away and most of us will live to see them,” Johnson said in a December 1957 speech. “The scientists ... Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial ...