When the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, in 1957, he constructed a telescope so that he and his friends could watch the satellite travel across the night sky. By then, he was an engineering student ...

In the 1960s, an unexpected gift from the Air Force led Herb Weiss ’40 to develop an antenna that could track a speeding ...

On June 23, 1949, the XS-1, a rocket engine-powered spaceplane flying faster than the speed of sound, passed its 117th flight. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Space.

1957 - Sputnik escalates the space race by taking the first animal into space - a dog called Laika. 1958 - Ultrasonic image of unborn child . 1959 - The first Mini produced . 1960s.

We are honoring the Top 10 winners of our Student Open Letter Contest by publishing their entries. This one is by Michelle Huang, age 17. By The Learning Network ...