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.

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 ...

Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 sent a shockwave through the American public. Skip to main content. ... the two countries agreed to co-operate in spaceflight as the Cold War thawed and eventually dissipated.

"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 ...

Sputnik Documentary Provides Glimpses into Cold War Fears Sputnik Mania is a new film made to coincide with Thursday’s 50th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s launch of the Sputnik I satellite.

With Putin’s ‘invincible’ missile taunt, some hear chilling echoes of Sputnik and the Cold War March 2, 2018 More than 7 years ago Universal Newsreel recounts the launch of Sputnik on Oct. 4 ...

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.

Egor Abramenko's Cold War-era genre exercise is saved by its familiar roots and strong Ellen Ripley-like protagonist. As the cinema of celestial brutes and space-set horrors goes, Ridley Scott’s ...

After the Sputnik launch, the U.S. invested billions in science and innovation. ... We face a strategic rival that wants to play America’s winning hand in the Cold War, ...