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

Explorer 1 was the first U.S. satellite and the first satellite to carry science instruments. The satellite was launched on Jan. 31, 1958, from Cape Canavera. Explorer 1 followed ...

The Soviet Union's October 1957 launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, stunned the U.S., which reckoned it had a commanding lead in "the Space Race." ...

the Soviet Union launched Soyuz 5. The capsule would soon rendezvous and dock to the Soyuz 4 capsule becoming – as the Soviet’s declared – the world’s first space station. During the ...

Technological developments that do not improve life for everyone, but instead create or worsen inequality and conflicts, cannot be called true progress.” (Pope Francis, 2024 World Day of Peace message ...

Both were leading experts in GLONASS. In October 1982, 4 1/2 years after the launch of the first GPS satellite, the Soviet Union had launched the first test satellite for its new constellation. It ...

In this week’s release of an artificial intelligence model from Chinese firm DeepSeek that outperforms cutting-edge U.S.

Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958. A quick response to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 ...