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Matthew Brzezinski, Author, "Red Moon Rising: Sputnik And The Hidden Rivalries That Ignited The Space Age" And Former Moscow Correspondent, The Wall Street Journal
Presider:
Garrick Utley, President, The Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute, The State University Of New York
Transcript
The panelists will discuss the October 4, 1957 launching of the Soviet satellite, Sputnik, its impact on the Cold War, and its role in propelling the Information Age.
Matthew Brzezinski, Author, Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age; Former Moscow Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
Roger Launius, Member, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Former Chief Historian, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Presider:
Garrick Utley, President, Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute, SUNY
Audio
Listen to Matthew Brzezinski, an author and former Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent, and Roger D. Lanius, a space historian at the Smithsonian Institute, discuss the legacy of Sputnik fifty years after the Soviet satellite’s launch.
Matthew Brzezinski, Author, Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age; Former Moscow Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
Roger Launius, Member, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Former Chief Historian, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Presider:
Garrick Utley, President, Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute, SUNY
Video
Watch Matthew Brzezinski, an author and former Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent, and Roger D. Lanius, a space historian at the Smithsonian Institute, discuss the legacy of Sputnik fifty years after the Soviet satellite’s launch.
Matthew Brzezinski, Author, Red Moon Rising: Sputnik and the Hidden Rivalries that Ignited the Space Age; Former Moscow Correspondent, Wall Street Journal
Roger Launius, Member, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Former Chief Historian, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Presider:
Garrick Utley, President, Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute, SUNY
Video
Matthew Brzezinski, an author and former Wall Street Journal Moscow correspondent, and Roger D. Lanius, a space historian at the Smithsonian Institute, discuss the legacy of Sputnik fifty years after the Soviet satellite’s launch.
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