O n October 4, 1957, Earth received its first artificial satellite companion, Sputnik 1. The Soviet Union packed its ...

In at least three important ways—weight, orbit and altitude—the sputnik* outclasses the U.S. satellite, which is still on the ground. Biggest surprise was the sputnik’s weight: 184.3 lbs.

Project A119 was a Cold War-era response to Sputnik, with the goal of using a nuclear explosion in space to scare the Soviets ...

Footage from a 1957 newsreel covering the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite. Footage from a 1957 newsreel covering the launch of Sputnik, the first artificial Earth satellite.

Scientists in Japan constructed the first satellite made of wood by blending age-old woodworking techniques with rocket science.

These observations will be refined with the launch, in July 2008, of the European Space Agency's Planck satellite. The launch of Sputnik five decades ago has had profound effects. It has changed ...

The cosmic link to the vaccine is clearer. "The Sputnik satellite [in 1957] was a breakthrough and this vaccine is one too!" village official Galina Bordadymova laughed, fur-coated but gloveless ...

Tuesday was the final day of Washington, D.C.-based programming for Sputnik — with programs produced and made by journalists from stateside Sputnik studios coming to an end. As heard by RBR ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite, into low Earth orbit. Sputnik's launch caused fear of the ...

Since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957 ... from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying the world’s first satellite model with wooden components, marking a potential shift in space ...