Sputnik, the enduringly hip bar and restaurant on South Broadway, is changing hands for the first time in its 21-year history. “I worked at Sputnik for 10 years and I’d stayed in contact with ...

10. We were talking earlier in the conversation about how because of Sputnik we had more scientists, more engineers, better education. Somehow it feels as if today we've gone back to pre-Sputnik days.

Wednesday marks the 60th anniversary of one of the most important days in space history. It was on Oct. 4, 1957, that the Soviet Union successfully launched the world’s first satellite, Sputnik ...

World Space Week 2020 will celebrate the impact of satellites on humanity from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10. Find out how to celebrate here and check out the history of Sputnik, the Soviet satellite that ...

Sputnik, a Shiba Inu, had more than enough legroom during her Alaskan Airlines flight last week as she chewed her way through the metal gate of her kennel, as the adventurous pup left the crew in ...

Fifty years ago, on Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite. It is not an exaggeration to say that this event shook the world, and we still feel its ...

A technician puts the finishing touches on Sputnik 1, humanity's first artificial satellite. (1957 File Photo/Agence France-Presse) Exactly 60 years ago, on Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched ...

Inspiring songs like "Sputnik Baby," "Sputnik Dance," "Santa Satellite, Parts 1 and 2," this major world event ushered in the space race and a lighthearted moment in musical history. Related NPR ...

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik, the first satellite into outer space. A video clip was shown of a Universal newsreel from October 7, 1957, about Sputnik that ...

Sputnik is like that, but you don’t know what year it is," Phillips notes. "There’s new places and new hot spots in the Denver area, but I feel like this place has kept its edge the whole time.

Despite its apparent simplicity, the impact of the R-7 rocket cannot be overstated. Sputnik was the first satellite humans launched into orbit, and it stunned the world. "In being beaten so ...