Some of the characters in this book aren't what they seem. Prez is the only character who thinks Sputnik is an alien - his foster family, the Blythes, all think he is a dog. What do you think?

Americans certainly remember Sputnik. At a time when the world was larger and scarier, the Soviets had a metal basketball flying over the United States and the rest of the world. It made people ...

U.S. to Russians: give us more data on Sputnik WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, 1957 (UP) - The United States tonight termed Russia's launching of an earth satellite "of great scientific interest" and urged ...

As we approach the 60th anniversary of the human race becoming a spacefaring species, Sputnik nostalgia will no doubt be on the rise. And rightly so — even though Sputnik was remarkably ...

Festival goers enjoy last year's “re-enactment” of the day a piece of Sputnik IV landed in Manitowic. It came from outer space…. and crashed down in the middle of a street in Manitowoc ...