ON THIS DAY: In 1957, the first successful launch of a man-made satellite, the U.S.S.R.'s Sputnik, terrified Americans and spurred the space race that would culminate in 1969's landing on the moon by American astronauts. The true tale of one American teenager who was inspired by Sputnik to become a NASA engineer is told in the moving 1999 drama OCTOBER SKY, based on Homer Hickam's biography ROCKET BOYS. [today's movie at IMDb]

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