President Eisenhower takes questions from reporters. After a reporter asks about the Soviet Union's successful launching of a satellite, Eisenhower describes the timetable for putting a US satellite in orbit. He emphasizes the nonmilitary purpose of the satellite. Most of the questions focus on the US space program and US development of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). Other topics include: integration in Little Rock and a possible meeting with Marshal Zhukov of the Soviet Union.