Are "Sputnik" and "Beatnik" related? Surprising space-age word stories

https://www.dictionaryscoop.com/article/Are-Sputnik-and-Beatnik-related-Surprising-space-age-word-stories The space race did more than put humans on the Moon. Between Sputnik’s launch in 1957 and the last Apollo landing in 1972, it handed us a whole new vocabulary, ranging from phrases like "Houston, we have a problem" to unexpected terms like "beatnik" or "A-OK." Misquotes, Hollywood rewrites, press-room inventions, and poetic liberties also took part in the birth of these 10 terms. Here are the stories of how space exploration expanded languages back on Earth.