During the early Cold War years, the Soviet Union was often seen as technologically inferior to the United States. However, the launch of Sputnik 1 in October 1957 challenged that notion.

Launched just a month after the success of Sputnik 1—the first satellite launched into Earth’s orbit, in October of 1957—this second ... superiority during the Cold War.

Some invoke the specter of Sputnik, as the news raises “questions about the future ... Trade links between Russia and America at the outset of the Cold War were negligible, as George Kennan pointed ...

The rivalry between nations in space cannot be separated from the history of the conflict known as the cold war ... On 4 October 1957, the Soviet Union launched its first satellite known as Sputnik 1 ...

The Soviet Union's October 1957 launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, stunned the U.S., which reckoned it had a commanding lead in "the Space Race." Some of the clever ...

However, this belief was changed when Sputnik was launched on October 1, 1957. The successful launch of both Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 raised concerns in the US, underscoring the need for renewed ...

CNBC's Jim Cramer in his latest X post alluded to the Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek's hype and sneered at the politicization of the development, comparing it to the 1957 Sputnik ...

We start in the aftermath of World War II, when Europe is in the midst of an expensive reconstruction and the world is in the early throes of the Cold War. It's here that the eurodollar is born.

Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958. A quick response to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 ...

The company’s low-cost and high-performing technology sent shockwaves through Wall Street, erasing $1 trillion from the Nasdaq’s market value and sparking fears about the sustainability of the ...