Although Sputnik-1 will always be remembered as a shock to Americans, it is surprising how thinly veiled the development of the first satellite in orbit really was. On April 15, 1955, the Vechernya ...

On the 4th October 1957, Sputnik 1 or “Cпутник-1” was launched into orbit. It heralded the ability of humankind to launch objects into orbit as well as providing the first insight to the conditions ...

Nancy Ramsey is a contributor to CBSNews.com. Today is the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite. Five hundred miles above the Earth, it traveled at a speed ...

During a recent visit to the Seattle's Museum of Flight, I saw a replica of the first manmade object to punch beyond the Earth's atmosphere. One visitor, who was old enough to remember the shock of ...

Jeff Sneider is the Senior Film Reporter at Collider, where he breaks film and television news and curates the Up-and-Comer of the Month column in addition to hosting The Sneider Cut podcast and the ...

Earth’s first-ever artificial satellite Sputnik launched on October 4, 1957. In that moment, which occurred sixty-five years ago, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union ...

Sputnik marks the feature debut of commercial director and visual stylist Egor Abramenko. But even with The Passenger, a proof-of-concept short produced in anticipation of Sputnik, plus hours of time ...

The slick Cold War alien invasion thriller from first-time director Egor Abramenko isn't groundbreaking, but taps into real-world fears. “Alien” casts a big shadow on “Sputnik,” a slick Cold War alien ...

The year was 1957, the date was Oct. 4 and Americans everywhere were looking up. Something new was in the stars, something never before seen. What they were seeing was Sputnik, a 22-inch, 184-pound, ...

WASHINGTON — The FBI recently questioned a former White House correspondent for Sputnik, the Russian-government-funded news agency, as part of an investigation into whether it is acting as an ...