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

One of the most transformative technical achievements in human history took place on Oct. 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik 1 into orbit. Americans, utterly convinced of ...

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

Telesat is building its Lightspeed satellite network to rival Starlink, with signed contracts and buyout appeal. Check out ...

President Donald Trump’s offensive against elite universities is also an assault on the nation’s most economically dynamic ...

They have produced a steady stream of scientific breakthroughs and skilled young graduates who flow into companies ... world by launching the Sputnik satellite in 1957. The big increase in federal ...

The U.S. space industry is having a “Sputnik moment, one launch at a time,” with each satellite or spacecraft launched by the Chinese government, a top industry executive said Tuesday at the Space ...

64 years ago, a man born in a tiny Russian village to a carpenter and a dairy farmer spent 108 minutes looking down at Earth.

The US responded by launching a chimpanzee named Ham into space ... First artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched in October 1957 by the Soviets, soon followed by the Americans.