America won the ‘Space Race,’ but only after acknowledging that our schools were failing. We must do the same now.

In October 1957, the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1, causing shock and alarm across the West. It had been generally assumed that the US was far more ...

In Washington’s policy circles, warnings about America’s declining space dominance have become a familiar refrain. Yet these concerns are not mere bureaucratic hand-wringing — they reflect a ...

The success of the Sputnik launch was not anticipated by the US, and the ensuing "Sputnik Crisis" was a period of public anxiety and fear about the perceived gap in technology between the Soviet ...

The country was reeling from the Sputnik crisis, having been beaten by the Soviet Union in the race to launch the world’s first artificial satellite the previous year. The sense of fear and ...

told Sputnik. "Recession is Germany's main problem. For three years now we have had a terrible economic downfall, which needs to be stopped. Stopping the economic crisis is the main challenge that ...