In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1. It was the first satellite in Earth's orbit. Or was it? For over a hundred ...

The Trump administration’s reckless assaults on U.S. science are endangering the nation. If allowed to continue, they will ...

Covering over 40,000 hectares, and constructed from wood and metal with plastic sheeting, this is the largest structure visible from space ...

On October 4, 1957, the world was taken by surprise when the Soviet Union announced that it had launched a satellite called Sputnik, Russian for “traveling companion,” into orbit.Although it ...

Last week, President Donald Trump boasted of the inclusion of the “Golden Dome” missile defense program in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which the House narrowly passed Thursday. The funding, ...

A US Army official may have accidentally dropped what some are calling the 'greatest slip ever' just days before Trump's big ...

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These experimental fighter jets may have been bold and cutting-edge, but they never made it into active service or combat.

"Being off even a little bit represents hundreds or thousands of kilometers in distance on the surface of the Earth." ...

In November 1944, in Johannesburg, the Friends of the Soviet Union launched the Soviet Pavilion with exhibition halls, open-air tea garden, and, of course, a vodka bar.

The Soviet Union’s vast industrial capacity constructed roughly 100,000 units of the tank throughout its life, and it was widely exported to the developing world.

On June 23, 1949, the XS-1, a rocket engine-powered spaceplane flying faster than the speed of sound, passed its 117th flight.