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

"Americans react to Sputnik’s launch in 1957. David Hoffman presents captivating documentaries and archival news clips that explore the evolution of American life over the past century ...

Here is the heartbreaking story of Laika, the soviet dog who became the first animal to orbit the Earth in 1957.

"Use Beppo's words," mission operator James Austin Johnson suggests to Mulaney, who takes a deep breath. "Beppo no go home.

MOSCOW, Nov. 4, 1957 (UP) - Russia said today that its scientists ... The statement came as a result of the successful launching of Sputnik II. Pravda, official Communist Party newspaper, said ...

Since Sputnik 1 was launched in 1957, satellites have been made with metals. A group of Japanese scientists thinks it has a viable alternative: wood. A SpaceX rocket launched Monday night from the ...

Today, in 2024, a different group of adventurers will pioneer another new idea for Arctic exploration. They will not travel by ship, skis, sled, or plane - instead, they’ll travel by spacecraft.

On Nov. 3, 2014, 13 years after the World Trade Center was destroyed in the September 11, 2001 attacks, One World Trade ...

My take is that Biden’s legislation has not been received well received principally because the American public does not see ...

The Soviet space agency successfully launched Sputnik 1 on October 4th, 1957 and Sputnik 2 a month later. On board Sputnik 2 was Laika, a stray dog, who became the first living creature to orbit ...