A pivotal moment in American and Brevard County history unfolded as President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law.

1987: Several math and science educators in the Capital Region reflected on how the launch of the Soviet "Sputnik" rocket 30 years before changed the course of U.S. education, and how national ...

Summary This is a non-flying, staatic display model rocket of the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 launch vehicle, made by Model Products in the late 1950s or early 1960s. There is a representation of the ...