History as Prologue

Category: Exploration

  • Sputnik moments in the age of education reform

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    Mark Thomas
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    Sputnik moments On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first manned space satellite, Sputnik 1. Though then President Dwight Eisenhower knew well in advance of the impending event, his calculations as to the American public’s response to Sputnik proved greatly underestimated. The sense of vulnerability felt by a majority of Americans prompted a…

  • Apollo 11 Crossword Puzzle

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    Recalling the giant leap of Apollo 11 Launched 44 years ago today, the Apollo 11 space mission culminated in the attainment of a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy. The goal of safely landing a man on the moon was delivered in a presidential speech made exactly one week after my birth in…