On November 3, 1957, a Soviet rocket launched Earth's second artificial satellite, Sputnik 2, into orbit, carrying a living ...

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 ...

Both nations endeavored to perfect their satellites and launch first, and on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent Sputnik 1 into orbit. Just a month after propelling the first satellite into ...

With the launch of a basketball-size satellite on October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union ushered in the “Space Age” and changed the world. Sputnik 1, launched from the Soviet Union’s rocket test ...

An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army ...

When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik in October 1957, the United States feared that nuclear missiles would soon follow. How could we stop them? In the Dr. Strangelove era, no idea was too absurd ...

NASA October 4: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 into earth orbit. The first man-made satellite passes overhead, making one revolution every 90 minutes. October 5: The Soviet daily newspaper ...

Mahanta: China's newly required training in artificial intelligence for all students should be a call to arms for U.S. educators and policymakers.

"The story of Homer Hickam and the Rocket Boys reminds us of the importance of education, and the way dreams can lift us all, ...

A little more than a decade after the triumph of World War II, the communist Soviet Union had beaten ... own response to Sputnik, the Vanguard satellite, exploded on the launch pad.