Nowadays, it’s difficult to imagine how a simple beeping radio signal could captivate the world. But it did, after the Soviet Union announced on Oct. 5, 1957 that it had launched Sputnik, the world’s ...
This is the eighth in an exclusive series of 50 articles, one published each day until July 20, exploring the 50th anniversary of the first-ever Moon landing. You can check out 50 Days to the Moon ...