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

Explorer 1 was the first U.S. satellite and the first satellite to carry science instruments. The satellite was launched on ...

The Soviet Union's October 1957 launch of the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, stunned the U.S., which reckoned it had a commanding lead in "the Space Race." ...

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Within a year, Congress voted to create NASA. Fears about Sputnik evaporated as three months later the U.S. launched its own satellite, Explorer 1, and eventually took the lead in the race for space.

After DeepSeek’s groundbreaking debut, some commentators likened its significance to a “Sputnik Moment”, highlighting its ...

Gazing upward, they saw the moving dot that started it all, the Russian-launched Sputnik 1. Since the late 1970s, the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Geophysical Institute has provided this ...

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The original design would become Sputnik 3, which, as [Scott] puts it, was the first Soviet satellite that “didn’t suck.” The first one was essentially a stunt, and the second one had an ...

Summer-a time when the urge to explore places familiar and new beckons to young and old alike. Although the sun sets late during the summer months, we inevitably find ourselves outside looking at ...

When Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first satellite into space in 1957, the West was caught off guard. The USA lagged behind in its own development of spacecrafts, and scrambled into action.

Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on 31 January 1958. A quick response to the Soviet Union’s launch of Sputnik 1 ...