Through the blurry vision of hindsight, it’s easy to look back at the events of October 1957 and wonder what all the fuss was about. That’s why David Hoffman’s lively documentary “Sputnik Mania” is a ...

When independent filmmaker David Hoffman set out to make a documentary on the Sputnik hysteria that swept the US in the 1950s, he styled the piece as an hour-and-a-half feature film. He relied heavily ...

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BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 30. The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan conducted an operation at the Baku office of Sputnik Azerbaijan, resulting in the detention of several individuals, Trend ...

The launch of the beach-ball-sized Russian satellite came as a shock to Americans long accustomed to being number one. "Listen now," said the NBC radio network announcer on the night of October 4, ...

World Space Week 2020 will celebrate the impact of satellites on humanity from Oct. 4 to Oct. 10. Find out how to celebrate here and check out the history of Sputnik, the Soviet satellite that kicked ...

sphere with a big impact. Click on the image to relive the start of the space age in pictures. Now I know how post-Apollo kids feel. Just as some folks were born a little too late to remember what the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Each year, the first week of October kicks off the United Nation's World Space Week, which ...

When a renowned indie documentarian went to make a film on Sputnik, he spent years collecting original footage from people he met through eBay and YouTube. But the real shock came when he licensed the ...