In a critical Cold War moment in 1957, Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency suddenly changed when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite.

Yanek Mieczkowski's Eisenhower's Sputnik Moment shows that Eisenhower refused to panic and guided America's space program--but in a sharp political conflict, he clashed with John Kennedy over sending men to the moon and improving America's global prestige.

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