The First Voice Transmission From Space was Eisenhower Wishing Peace on Earth From a Nuclear Missile – Oh the Irony!

In December 1958, the Cold War got a spark of warmth when the US broadcast a holiday message of peace and goodwill around the world—from an orbiting nuclear missile. A little more than a year after Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, was launched by the Soviet Union to kick off the space race, the US found a way to demonstrate … Continue reading →