With a single shot, the Soviet Union not only launched the first artificial satellite but also officially inaugurated a "space race" with the United States.Sputnik – sometimes called Sputnik 1 ...

Forty years ago, Sputnik and the Soviets set the course for a space race with the West. Now the satellite, the space race - and even the Soviet Union itself - are gone. But Sputnik’s legacy endures.

The space race begins. Politically, Sputnik created a perception of American weakness, complacency, and a "missile gap," which led to bitter accusations, resignations of key military figures, and ...

The space race was a bitter competition that took place in the late 1950s to the mid-1970s, between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.

Sixty years ago today, the space race began with the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik — the first man-made object to orbit the Earth. The launch ushered in a wave of new political ...

Though Sputnik’s launch is looked at today as the moment that sparked the space race between the US and USSR, the push to leave the limits of the planet started much earlier.

Space Race: Sputnik. Showing 1 - 15 of 15 Results. Home / Archives. Film on "Flying Saucers" claims to be taken from government files. Aline Mosby, United Press Hollywood Writer.

The post-Sputnik surge in science and technology was real, and necessary, but to the world outside of U.S. intelligence circles, it made the “space race” seem much closer than it actually was.

In both the Soviet Union and the United States, early space programs used animals as test pilots, with little regard for ...

However, with the space race between us and the Soviets in full swing, Yuri Gagarin’s April 1961 orbital flight dimmed our joy. Again, they had beaten us. They beat us again when Valentina ...

Did you guys know the Space Race was one of the craziest rivalries in history? 🚀💥 It was this epic competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, both trying to outdo ...