On Oct. 4th, 1957, at 10:29 PM Moscow time, the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 into space on a repurposed R-7 rocket. The world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik was about 22 inches ...

Google marks World Space Week 2026 as nearly 15,000 active satellites orbit Earth. NASA, U.S. and UK government data reveal how satellite technology has transformed since Sputnik and where space ...

SpaceX's plans for Starship are out of this world, and quite simply boggle the mind.

Iran's foreign minister said the U.S. could see the strategic waterway open within days if it abided by the conditions ...

Space history isn’t merely what’s written in the textbooks. It’s also a process of what ends up being sold to the highest bidder. These varying space race and NASA items that sold off at auctions, ...

From the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 to SpaceX's Starship, rocket technology has changed dramatically in 69 years. As World Space Week 2026 begins under the theme Rocket Revolution, here's how reusable ...

The advent of a new technology invariably comes with strategic implications, raising the question of who will benefit and whether risks can be managed. In 1957, following the Soviet Sputnik launch, U.

On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union sent a small metal sphere into orbit, the signals of which changed the history of space exploration.

The Trump administration is cutting nearly $70 million in federal funding to university international education programs.

On the 10th local time, China launched a Long March 12 rocket from a launch facility on Hainan Island in the south, sending ...

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 ...