Sputnik Across America
“A backyard in suburban Illinois, October 5, 1957. A family stands at the bottom of a porch staircase tracking a moving point of light. Foreground shows a father pointing toward a small bright dot crossing the autumn sky; midground reveals a transistor radio crackling Sputnik's beeps; a 1956 Chevy and a glowing TV set frame an America suddenly second in space.”
