As part of the IGY, the Soviet Union vowed that it would launch an artificial satellite for space science. The U.S., not to ...

A team that includes aerospace engineers, historians and writers have proposed retrieving the 67-year-old Vanguard 1 ...

O n October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial satellite companion, Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union packed its ...

1957. In October, the Soviet Union launched the first space satellite, Sputnik I. It was followed in November by the spacecraft Sputnik 2, which carried Laika, the first animal to orbit the Earth. In ...

1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into orbit. Just a month after propelling the first satellite into space, the Soviet Union had made headlines again with Sputnik 2, which sent the first ...

The launch of the first satellite to be developed on Emirates’ soil is heralding a new era in global space exploration. Carrying the UAE’s KhalifaSat, the H-IIA Launch Vehicle blasts off from ...

Since the Soviets launched the first satellite in 1957, humans have put tens of thousands ... rocket parts and debris — space junk orbiting out of control and posing a threat to the satellites ...

From the lunar landing to the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, here are some bold space missions in history.