Secrets of 1957 Sputnik Launch Revealed
OCT 01, 2007
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021529
The Baltimore Examiner : When Sputnik took off 50 years ago, the world gazed at the heavens in awe and apprehension, watching what seemed like the unveiling of a sustained Soviet effort to conquer space and score a stunning Cold War triumph.
NPR also looks at the impact of Sputnik on science education in the US.
© 2007 American Institute of Physics
