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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.

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October 15, 2007

The Legacy of Sputnik [Rush Transcript; Federal News Service]

Speaker:	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

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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.

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October 15, 2007

The Legacy of Sputnik (Video)

Speakers:	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.

See more in United States, Foreign Policy History

October 15, 2007

Video Highlight: The Legacy of Sputnik

Speakers:	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.

See more in Russian Fed., National Security and Defense, Space, Technology and Foreign Policy

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