They married in October 1957, three weeks after the launch of Sputnik, and went on to have two daughters. On graduation, he was posted to Murmansk, close to the Norwegian border and north of the ...

In the uneasy autumn of 1957, the U.S. is reluctantly grasping the full, unwelcome meaning of Russian-made metal objects orbiting around the earth. Sputnik I and Sputnik II have painfully ...

And in 1957, stray terrier mix Laika was plucked off the streets of Moscow to be sent one a one-way mission that would help inform the future of space travel. Advert. ... But in October 2002, one of ...

The Man Behind the Curtain Space czar Sergei Korolev won fame for the launch of Sputnik, but a more modest genius deserves the credit.

On Oct. 4, 1957, Page was serv­ing as chief of the Scientific and Technical Operations Staff when the Soviets shocked the American public by launching the satellite Sputnik.

Luna-25 crash: Russian scientist who worked on Putin’s failed moon mission rushed to hospital ‘This was perhaps the last hope for me to see a revival of our lunar programme’ ...

Hidden figures of the Manhattan Project: Meet the women behind the A-bomb (Part 2) In the race for an atomic bomb, women scientists couldn't afford to be ignored By Jenny McGrath Published April ...

Earlier this month, President Joe Biden gave the order to shoot down a balloon, termed a “weather balloon” by Chinese officials. Off the South Carolina coast, two F-22 fighter jets from… ...

It's become one of the most well-known phrases in international relations, but what is a 'Sputnik moment' really, and are we long overdue for another one? NEWS IE PRO ...