The launch of Sputnik in 1957 prompted an educational renaissance in the US. We should put similar energy into fixing our country's language deficit.

MOSCOW — Six decades after Sputnik, a refined version of the rocket that put the first artificial satellite in orbit remains the mainstay of Russia’s space program — a stunning tribute to ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! A panelist of Space Specialist (Sputnik Program and U.S. Foreign Policy) speak about the launch of Sputnik and the effects of it on the world ...

Ultimately, some three decades later, a modernized U.S. version of the Sputnik program, the Strategic Defense Initiative, was credited with contributing to the breakup of the Soviet Union and the end ...

"Sputnik was the 9/11 of the day," noted former astronaut Mike Mullane on the 50th anniversary of the launch. ... The Explorer program continued as a successful ongoing series of lightweight, ...

60 years after Sputnik, Russian space program faces troubles. Six decades after Sputnik, a refined version of the rocket that put the first artificial satellite in orbit remains the mainstay of ...