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

The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a groundbreaking Canadian interceptor designed during the Cold War to combat Soviet bombers.

Nearly seven decades after the Soviet Union’s Sputnik launch jolted America into the space age, the United States finds itself at another critical juncture. This time, however, the wake-up call ...

An emotional rescue for America came via the first U.S. artificial satellite. Explorer 1 was boosted into space by the Army ...

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 ...

Sputnik, the official Russian news agency ... He noted that, ironically, the Soviet Union came down on the side of anti-communist Argentina, and the Argentine Air Force received information ...

From unbelievable images captured in space to predictions of asteroids colliding with Earth, we've researched a variety of ...

Laika was a three-year-old mixed terrier who was taken from the streets of Russia and thrust into a rocket in the name of ...

Sputnik and its successors have altered the course of physics. Cadbury, D. Space Race: The Epic Battle between America and the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space (HarperCollins, New York ...

“Sputnik-like moments are a good thing,” referring to the episode that kicked off the Space Race in 1957, when the Soviet Union was able to outcompete America by launching the first-ever ...

"The story of Homer Hickam and the Rocket Boys reminds us of the importance of education, and the way dreams can lift us all, ...

Laika, a small mixed breed, was the first animal to orbit the Earth and was sent into space by the Soviet Union, but her life ...